Miranda Hernandez

Title: Thoughts on Natural Birth | overlaid on image of Miranda's maternity photo with Adrian (Modern Lux Photography)

Thoughts on Natural Birth

Leave a Comment / Special Topics / By Miranda Hernandez / February 13, 2021

Title: Thoughts on Natural Birth | overlaid on image of Miranda's maternity photo with Adrian (Modern Lux Photography)

Title: Parenting After Loss | overlaid on image of Peanut's hands and Adrian's elephant (Miranda Hernandez)

Parenting After Loss

Leave a Comment / Special Topics / By Miranda Hernandez / February 13, 2021

Title: Parenting After Loss | overlaid on image of Peanut's hands and Adrian's elephant (Miranda Hernandez)

Title: Pregnancy After Loss | overlaid on image of Miranda's belly and Adrian's footprints (Two Little Starfish Photography)

Pregnancy After Loss

Leave a Comment / Special Topics / By Miranda Hernandez / February 13, 2021

Title: Pregnancy After Loss | overlaid on image of Miranda's belly and Adrian's footprints (Two Little Starfish Photography)

Title: Grief Olympics or Comparing Grief | overlaid on image of sunset over Lake Tahoe (Miranda Hernandez)

Grief Olympics or Comparing Grief

Leave a Comment / Special Topics / By Miranda Hernandez / February 13, 2021

Title: Grief Olympics or Comparing Grief | overlaid on image of sunset over Lake Tahoe (Miranda Hernandez)

Title: Grieving Without God | overlaid on image of Miranda on the California coast (Synch Media)

Grieving Without God

Leave a Comment / Special Topics / By Miranda Hernandez / February 13, 2021

Title: Grieving Without God | overlaid on image of Miranda on the California coast (Synch Media)

Title: Guilt, Fault, & Blame | overlaid on image of fountain in San Francisco (Miranda Hernandez)

Guilt, Fault, & Blame After Loss

Leave a Comment / Special Topics / By Miranda Hernandez / February 13, 2021

Title: Guilt, Fault, & Blame | overlaid on image of fountain in San Francisco (Miranda Hernandez)

Title: Financial Matters After Loss | overlaid on image of waterlilies (Miranda Hernandez)

Financial Matters After Loss

Leave a Comment / Special Topics / By Miranda Hernandez / February 13, 2021

Title: Financial Matters After Loss | overlaid on image of waterlilies (Miranda Hernandez)

Title: Postpartum Body After Loss | overlaid on image of Miranda's belly in Waimea Canyon, Kaua'i (Luna Kai Photography)

Postpartum Body After Loss

Leave a Comment / Special Topics / By Miranda Hernandez / February 13, 2021

Title: Postpartum Body After Loss | overlaid on image of Miranda's belly in Waimea Canyon, Kaua'i (Luna Kai Photography)

Title: Mental Health After Loss | overlaid on image of Miranda and Adrian's elephant on the California coast (Synch Media)

Mental Health After Loss

Leave a Comment / Special Topics / By Miranda Hernandez / February 13, 2021

Title: Mental Health After Loss | overlaid on image of Miranda and Adrian's elephant on the California coast (Synch Media)

Title: People & Relationships | overlaid on image of bench in Winnipeg, British Columbia (Miranda Hernandez)

People & Relationships After Loss

Leave a Comment / Special Topics / By Miranda Hernandez / February 13, 2021

Title: People & Relationships | overlaid on image of bench in Winnipeg, British Columbia (Miranda Hernandez)

Title: Death Positivity | overlaid on image of sunset over Kaua'i, Hawai'i (Miranda Hernandez)

Death Positivity

Leave a Comment / Special Topics / By Miranda Hernandez / February 13, 2021

Title: Death Positivity | overlaid on image of sunset over Kaua'i, Hawai'i (Miranda Hernandez)

Title: Grief Positivity | overlaid on image of the full moon (Miranda Hernandez)

Grief Positivity

Leave a Comment / Special Topics / By Miranda Hernandez / February 13, 2021

Title: Grief Positivity | overlaid on image of the full moon (Miranda Hernandez)

Miranda standing on a deserted beach in California at sunset. She is wrapped in a large sweater and staring off camera (Synch Media)

Suicidal Feelings After the Death of my Child

Leave a Comment / Life as a Grieving Mother, Thoughts about Suicide / By Miranda Hernandez / June 1, 2018

Miranda standing on a deserted beach in California at sunset. She is wrapped in a large sweater and staring off camera (Synch Media)

Miranda holding Adrian's Elephant at Nukoli'i Beach Park, Kaua'i, Hawai'i. It is an overcast day and Miranda is facing away from the camera, looking towards the grayish horizon (Luna Kai Photography)

Spiritual Feelings & Beliefs After the Death of My Child

Leave a Comment / Life as a Grieving Mother, Miranda's Story, Grieving Without God, People & Relationships / By Miranda Hernandez / June 1, 2018

Miranda holding Adrian's Elephant at Nukoli'i Beach Park, Kaua'i, Hawai'i. It is an overcast day and Miranda is facing away from the camera, looking towards the grayish horizon (Luna Kai Photography)

Miranda sitting on the edge of red dirt on the ledge of a cliff in Waimea Canyon, Kaua'i, Hawai'i. Miranda is wearing a white shirt and lavender yoga pants, and is practicing yogic breathing while looking into the distance of the canyon (Luna Kai Photography)

Physical Body After Stillbirth

Leave a Comment / Life as a Grieving Mother, Miranda's Story, Postpartum Body After Loss / By Miranda Hernandez / June 1, 2018

Miranda sitting on the edge of red dirt on the ledge of a cliff in Waimea Canyon, Kaua'i, Hawai'i. Miranda is wearing a white shirt and lavender yoga pants, and is practicing yogic breathing while looking into the distance of the canyon (Luna Kai Photography)

Offerings placed at Whiteshell Provincial Park (Miranda Hernandez)

Coming Alive Again

1 Comment / Anger is a Huge Part of Grief, Miranda's Chronological Story, Miranda's Story, People & Relationships, Work and Professional Life After Loss / By Miranda Hernandez / June 1, 2018

Offerings placed at Whiteshell Provincial Park (Miranda Hernandez)

Miranda and her Comfort Cub lying in bed in the dark. Miranda's arm is wrapped around the cub, and her clauddagh ring is visible on her right ring finger (Synch Media)

The First Days

Leave a Comment / Miranda's Chronological Story, Miranda's Story, People & Relationships, Postpartum Body After Loss, Work and Professional Life After Loss / By Miranda Hernandez / June 1, 2018

Miranda and her Comfort Cub lying in bed in the dark. Miranda's arm is wrapped around the cub, and her clauddagh ring is visible on her right ring finger (Synch Media)

Photo of original artwork created by Katy Martin to illustrate "29 June 2017" - artwork implies a mama elephant with her trunk wrapped around a baby. The colors of the artwork are bright and cheery on the left side of the painting, abruptly shifting to dark and painful on the right

29 June 2017

Leave a Comment / Miranda's Chronological Story, Physicality of Tears, Miranda's Story, My Pregnancy with Adrian / By Miranda Hernandez / June 1, 2018

Photo of original artwork created by Katy Martin to illustrate "29 June 2017" - artwork implies a mama elephant with her trunk wrapped around a baby. The colors of the artwork are bright and cheery on the left side of the painting, abruptly shifting to dark and painful on the right

Miranda laying on the couch with Amy Anne on her lap. Miranda is roundly pregnant, and Amy Anne's head is laid on her belly, licking Miranda's head (Modern Lux Photography)

Problems in My Pregnancy?

1 Comment / Miranda's Chronological Story, My Pregnancy with Adrian / By Miranda Hernandez / June 1, 2018

Miranda laying on the couch with Amy Anne on her lap. Miranda is roundly pregnant, and Amy Anne's head is laid on her belly, licking Miranda's head (Modern Lux Photography)

Adrian's first onesie: a blue Thumper onesie from Disneyland, and my first positive pregnancy test (Miranda Hernandez)

Planning, Conception, & Pregnancy

Leave a Comment / Miranda's Chronological Story, My Pregnancy with Adrian, Work and Professional Life After Loss / By Miranda Hernandez / June 1, 2018

Adrian's first onesie: a blue Thumper onesie from Disneyland, and my first positive pregnancy test (Miranda Hernandez)

Miranda holding Adrian's elephant in a park in California. It is a sunny afternoon. Miranda is wearing a white shirt and pink cardigan and smiling. (Sarah Perry Photography)

Miranda’s Story

Leave a Comment / Miranda's Chronological Story, Miranda's Story, People & Relationships, My Pregnancy with Adrian / By Miranda Hernandez / June 1, 2018

Miranda holding Adrian's elephant in a park in California. It is a sunny afternoon. Miranda is wearing a white shirt and pink cardigan and smiling. (Sarah Perry Photography)

Adrian's Elephant at Anini Beach, Kaua'i, Hawai'i (Miranda Hernandez)

Adrian’s Guestbook

Adrian's Story, Adrian's Legacy / By Miranda Hernandez / June 1, 2018

Adrian's Elephant at Anini Beach, Kaua'i, Hawai'i (Miranda Hernandez)

Adrian's Elephant and a flower arrangement from his birthday (Miranda Hernandez)

Adrian’s First Birthday

Leave a Comment / Adrian's Story, Adrian's Chronological Story, Death Positivity, Grief Positivity / By Miranda Hernandez / May 1, 2020

Adrian's Elephant and a flower arrangement from his birthday (Miranda Hernandez)

Miranda standing in front of Adrian's casket at his funeral. She is wearing black and facing away from the camera. The casket is white, with a spray of white daisies and bluebonnets on top. Miranda's hand is reaching into the casket to touch her son. (Modern Lux Photography)

Adrian’s Funeral

Leave a Comment / Adrian's Story, Adrian's Chronological Story, Grieving Without God / By Miranda Hernandez / May 1, 2020

Miranda standing in front of Adrian's casket at his funeral. She is wearing black and facing away from the camera. The casket is white, with a spray of white daisies and bluebonnets on top. Miranda's hand is reaching into the casket to touch her son. (Modern Lux Photography)

Adrian and Miranda skin to skin, immediately after birth in the hospital. Adrian is wearing a cream-colored knit cap. Miranda is looking at Adrian. The image is golden in the afternoon sunlight (MamaRazzi Photography)

Adrian’s Birth Story

Leave a Comment / Adrian's Chronological Story, Adrian's Story, My Labor & Birth of Adrian / By Miranda Hernandez / June 1, 2018

Adrian and Miranda skin to skin, immediately after birth in the hospital. Adrian is wearing a cream-colored knit cap. Miranda is looking at Adrian. The image is golden in the afternoon sunlight (MamaRazzi Photography)

Close up on Adrian James in the hospital. Adrian is wearing an elephant onesie and cap, and is holding a monkey lovey (Mama Razzi Photography)

Adrian’s Story

Leave a Comment / Adrian's Chronological Story, Adrian's Story, My Pregnancy with Adrian / By Miranda Hernandez / June 1, 2018

Close up on Adrian James in the hospital. Adrian is wearing an elephant onesie and cap, and is holding a monkey lovey (Mama Razzi Photography)