
A Southern Scrambled Egg
A compelling story of love, pregnancy, and miscarriage in a southern town; drawn together by author Jackie Perr’s engaging narrative and wit.
A compelling story of love, pregnancy, and miscarriage in a southern town; drawn together by author Jackie Perr’s engaging narrative and wit.
Lotta and her husband were happily planning a life for their coming child, Louna, and then she was unexpectedly stillborn at term. This is Louna’s story.
I cradled her head delicately, supporting her, and felt pride in her heft, her fully developed form, this tiny human we had created together. “Is this what being a father feels like?” Then I placed her tenderly in the hospital cart, and watched as the nurse dutifully rolled her away.
Babies die. My baby died. It’s a fact. It’s a shallow, it’s a hole, it’s a void, I live with every single breath of my existence. Let me tell you about the cute onesie I had picked out for him. Let me tell you how precious and cute he was. How he looked like a little old man…