A Southern Scrambled Egg
April 18, 2023
A compelling story of love, pregnancy, and miscarriage in a southern town; drawn together by author Jackie Perr’s engaging narrative and wit.
The experience of child loss in the military
- Losing a child is always hard. Losing a child while serving in the military adds an extra layer of complication and difficulty. From culture to lack of understanding, there are things that make it both better and worse.
Identities
March 12, 2021
Someone looked at this website the other day and commented that, if you didn’t know better, you wouldn’t know I was in the military. I never intended to keep this a “secret.” Mainly separate. But how much can you separate of your core identities?
My Comments at the 2021 Womens’ Air & Space Power Symposium
March 12, 2021
On 28 June 2017, I was 6 days overdue. It was the height of summer in Texas, and I blasted the AC in my home. I lay down on the couch and watched my son kicking and moving in my belly. He was so active that night! By the time I woke up the following morning, he was dead.
For Supervisors: Supporting Military Members after the Loss of a Child
March 6, 2021
As a supervisor, the most important thing you can do when supporting a military member after the loss of a child is to understand this loss is significant. Regardless of planning or length of gestation, your military member has lost much more than a pregnancy; they have lost an entire human being.
A Letter to my Commander upon the Occasion of the Death of my Child
January 15, 2018
Dear Commander; Dear First Sergeant; Dear Supervisor—Child loss as a military member is heartbreaking, and is especially complicated by culture and expectations that bereaved parents should be “strong” when they feel most weak. This is what bereaved parents in the military would like you to know.
