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So many things stay unspoken when a baby dies. I find that new parents always want to talk about their baby, and it’s no different when a precious baby has died. This week’s prompt is a chance to write down some of the things you want the whole wide world to know about your baby.

Thank you, Emily 💙

Hope you can join us for this conversation on grief and baby loss, planned for #BabyLossAwarenessWeek. So glad Good Grief Festival is shining a light on this vital subject this #BLAW2024 Sands - baby loss charity 💙🧡

This week, our writing prompt invites you to write a letter to the baby you have lost. Writing to somebody is so different from writing about them. It allows for another tone of voice, other words, a kind of closeness you build as the writing goes on. What might your letter say?

In "Nightshade Mother" Wales’ National Poet, Gwyneth Lewis delves into the pain of her upbringing and the power of art to heal. Join Gwyneth for a discussion and reading on October 22. Free and open to all. Registration: shorturl.at/EYNpJ Faculty of English TORCH Oxford Caper

This morning I've been rereading some of Emily Tammam's writing about her daughter Neve, thinking about what we're actually doing when we write about our experiences of grief. I love the way you put this, Emily, inviting the gift of keeping you company: emilytammam.substack.com/p/hope-at-the-…

I'm blown away by the idea that poetry can influence for the better how healthcare professionals and patients interact. I so appreciated being interviewed by inspirational and outside-the-box thinker Dr Tara George for her podcast for HCPs.

Preliminary #EGC2024 schedule now available: europeangriefconference.org/conference-pro… Looking forward to sharing our work from a range of projects For more information about the conference/to register, see europeangriefconference.org

We know how important it is that women & their partners are listened to & believed by healthcare professionals during pregnancy. It can be lifesaving. Thank you Sujitha for this convo on medical silencing with a focus on pregnancy Link here👇🏽 #unheard m.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Jwt_…

Please read this poem if you can: a reflection on writing a letter to a precious baby who lived too briefly. These words are so moving, thank you Michael for posting them here.

What a review! ✨Heartfelt thanks Life Writing and Dr Gwyneth Lewis, I’m very moved reading this.

If you see a prompt that inspires you to write, bookmark it until you have a quiet moment, and spend a little time with pen and paper, maybe a cup of tea, maybe light a candle, and see what comes to you.

And if you want to, you can share your writing as a reply underneath this Tweet, or let us know what you think of these From the Heart Notelets. Tamarin Norwood

Every family has its own shape, which changes over the years as new generations come along. This week, our writing prompt is an invitation to think about the special place of your baby in the family tree, and how old or new family traditions might hold their memory close.

Thank you Oxford Life-Writing! ✨ So looking forward to Gwyneth’s event too, it looks wonderful.

Remember that you’re not alone x

*Cultures of Palliative Care*, special issue of Literature & Medicine, ed. Anna M. Elsner and me, has been published. Brings transnational, transcultural, multilingual perspectives to this crucial topic. Full issue available here: muse.jhu.edu/issue/53121. Thanks to all contributors!

What a fascinating insight from Emily Tammam If we could tell our beloveds the story of what will happen to their memory & legacy after their deaths, what would we tell them? How might imagining that future feel to them? A beautiful reflection.

How can writing help us to process grief? Join us at the Good Grief Festival on Thu 10th Oct 2024, with The Song of the Whole Wide World author Tamarin Norwood! goodgrieffest.com/events/pregnan… Good Grief Festival Tamarin Norwood