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A Dad’s Perspective on Child Loss

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Jul 19, 2023
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We hadn’t told anyone.

We were getting ready to visit family and had been devising a surprise reveal. We couldn’t wait to see the look on their faces when they learn we were expecting our first child.
I don’t remember exactly what we came up with, but it was something like wrapping up an ultrasound picture in a picture frame and giving it to our parents …

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