43 min

Amanda: Grief and Celebration | Navigating New Chapters When Autumn Comes: Seasons of Hope for Medical + Disability Moms

    • Mental Health

The internet is an interesting place. A place of connections, for both good and bad. A place for sharing knowledge, and a place for following people you have never met. Every now and again a creepy internet stalker turns out to be an actual really wonderful person. Every now and again, that really wonderful person turns into a friend. Enter Amanda. 
This episode, we get to hear Amanda’s story. Amanda is a fellow mito mom of a beautiful little girl who is now watching over her from heaven. She is also an expectant mother of a baby boy. Amanda shares with us her journey, from the grief of losing her daughter, to the celebration of learning she was having a son. We discuss how she manages the two opposing emotions and how she hopes to keep her daughter’s memory alive. 
“To live in celebration, that’s unknown and foreign to me.” -Amanda
Here are the details from Amanda and Susan’s chat:
Introducing Amanda
Breaking all of the rules
Telling the world
Going in all directions
Grief and joy together
Impossible decisions
Letting the legacy live on
Medical motherhood is one filled with unique and challenging decisions, as well as unique and challenging emotions, sometimes in opposition and at the same time. Amanda has so graciously shared her story with us today, and I hope that it has been helpful for someone at home. Can you relate to Amanda’s story? Let me know in the When Autumn Comes Society or send me a DM on Instagram! I'd love to hear about how this helped you.
 
When Autumn Comes:
WAC Instagram
WAC Facebook Page
WAC Society Facebook Page
WAC is a program of the Apricity Hope Project
Apply for a Caregiver Package
 
Thank you so much for joining me on this journey. Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on our upcoming stories from other members of our medical and disabled community. 
 
If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating and a review so we can reach more moms with medically complicated, rare, beautiful children. 
 

The internet is an interesting place. A place of connections, for both good and bad. A place for sharing knowledge, and a place for following people you have never met. Every now and again a creepy internet stalker turns out to be an actual really wonderful person. Every now and again, that really wonderful person turns into a friend. Enter Amanda. 
This episode, we get to hear Amanda’s story. Amanda is a fellow mito mom of a beautiful little girl who is now watching over her from heaven. She is also an expectant mother of a baby boy. Amanda shares with us her journey, from the grief of losing her daughter, to the celebration of learning she was having a son. We discuss how she manages the two opposing emotions and how she hopes to keep her daughter’s memory alive. 
“To live in celebration, that’s unknown and foreign to me.” -Amanda
Here are the details from Amanda and Susan’s chat:
Introducing Amanda
Breaking all of the rules
Telling the world
Going in all directions
Grief and joy together
Impossible decisions
Letting the legacy live on
Medical motherhood is one filled with unique and challenging decisions, as well as unique and challenging emotions, sometimes in opposition and at the same time. Amanda has so graciously shared her story with us today, and I hope that it has been helpful for someone at home. Can you relate to Amanda’s story? Let me know in the When Autumn Comes Society or send me a DM on Instagram! I'd love to hear about how this helped you.
 
When Autumn Comes:
WAC Instagram
WAC Facebook Page
WAC Society Facebook Page
WAC is a program of the Apricity Hope Project
Apply for a Caregiver Package
 
Thank you so much for joining me on this journey. Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on our upcoming stories from other members of our medical and disabled community. 
 
If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating and a review so we can reach more moms with medically complicated, rare, beautiful children. 
 

43 min