I'll never forget receiving the news about the death of Baby Jude. I learned of his presence and departure in the same email. The grief was enormous and it shook me. We came up with the idea of a virtual garden as a place of remembrance...Jude is now joined in the garden by his brother Gabriel, who was added only last month.

Many of us know someone who has lost a child due to miscarriage but it can be challenging or uncomfortable to know what to say and how best to support them if you haven’t experienced baby loss yourself.

God sees what I cannot. Nothing is hidden from Him. Every beginning rests in His hands. I do not need perfect clarity to trust Him. The Church does not ask me to count my losses. She asks me to entrust everything to God's mercy. That includes my confusion. That includes the moments I was afraid to love too soon.