The Bereaved Parents Club

The Bereaved Parents Club

Guest blogger Scott Newport belongs to a club no parent wants to join – the Bereaved Parents Club. In observance of the month, Scott sent this post and a poem to share with you. Garden of Grief by Scott Newport Did you know July is Bereaved Parents Month?  Yeah,...
Scooping Up Things, Part 2

Scooping Up Things, Part 2

In yesterday’s post, guest blogger Scott Newport described his practice of “scooping up things” during a recent trip to the Everglades. The practice began three years ago as a means of coping with his grief after his son Evan died. Today, Scott...
Scooping Up Things, Part 1

Scooping Up Things, Part 1

Guest blogger Scott Newport recently returned from a trip to Everglades National Park. During the trip, he employed a technique to deal with grief over the loss of his son, Evan. In today’s post, Scott explains how he used the practice  of scooping up things...
Darkness and Light and Down Syndrome

Darkness and Light and Down Syndrome

Welcome to Gillian Marchenko, the newest guest blogger at DifferentDream.com. To see what Gillian looks like, visit our guest blogger page and scroll down until her smiling face and bio comes into view. To launch her presence here, she uses a lovely metaphor of...
Newborn Scars, Part 3

Newborn Scars, Part 3

Today guest blogger Christine Lester wraps up her three part series about her newborn scars on her son after surgery. In Part 1, she wrote about her response immediately after his birth. In Part 2, she described how those feeling overwhelmed her once he finally came...