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Wildflowers in South Lake Tahoe, California (Miranda Hernandez)

There But for Grace

April 17, 2020

Home birth can be dangerous. I think it’s important to acknowledge that. But the gist of this doctor’s post today was to criticize a celebrity who recently lost her child during a home birth; to call her an idiot.

Flowers on the California coast (Miranda Hernandez)

The Things We Don’t Want to be True; Separating Victims of Tragedy from Ourselves

August 6, 2019

I think we subconsciously want all parents to be superheroes. From the smallest scratch to the largest mistake, parents are blamed and take on the blame for every misfortune in their childrens’ lives. When we think about hot car deaths, this trend is dangerous. This death could happen to ANY OF US.

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There But for Grace

The Things We Don’t Want to be True; Separating Victims of Tragedy from Ourselves

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