A Mother and Father Say Goodbye to Their Fierce, Stillborn Daughter by Jeremy Lott

A Mother and Father Say Goodbye to Their Fierce, Stillborn Daughter by Jeremy Lott

Like so many other things about this pregnancy, Cecelia’s end surprised me. I had assumed that she faded away. But like philosophers, we writers imagine and mothers know better.Anj tells me it was a bang, not a whimper. As so many things failed her, Cecelia gathered up all of her strength and kicked really hard, in protest, one last time. It was the internal equivalent of “That one left a mark.” And after that, she was gone.

 How can you not weep at this touching story?