My partner and I have been trying to have a baby for eighteen months and every month the disappointment lands differently for each of us and we don't know how to sync up our grief or our hope anymore. We love each other but we're each having our own private experience of this loss.
More people experience this than they realize.
Shared longing can become isolating when two people experience the same loss through completely different rhythms of hope and despair.
“Where Are You with Love in old age?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.