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When private grief seeks public witness

I wrote a poem about my miscarriage and my husband said it was too personal to share but I feel like I need other people to read it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The need to have loss acknowledged by community is conflicting with a partner's desire to keep pain contained.

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