Someone asked me "the question"

johnnys june · September 2011

guy from a diff. department: "How's the little one?"

Me: "Little one?"

guy: "You don't have children?"

Me: *pause...think, think, think* "Um, yes, well, no, well, none living."

guy: "Oh, I thought you said last time...."

Me: "I did. I said he was in the NICU. He lived 11 days."

***awkward silence***

And then what did I dream last night? An older lady at some random consignment shop was offering me onesies "for your little one..." My response: "No thank you, I'm pretty sure they won't fit him anymore...."

UGH. In one sense, someone remembered I had a child. In the other, how do you respond to such a question without the awkwardness? Is that even possible?

Vent over! Happy Saturday ladies! It's going to be a good day, right!?!

butterfly843 · September 2011

Sending ((hugs)). Last year we had corporate visitors at work (the type that come like once a year) and they remembered the previous year I was pregnant with my twins so they asked how they were doing.

johnnys june · September 2011

*hugs* back. It's one of those bittersweet moments where you realize you have the opportunity to talk about your angels, but at the same time, you are forced to remember and tell them why your babies are no longer here. The life a Mommy of an Angel(s).

buckeyebaby814 · September 2011

**HUGS**

lavril · September 2011

Big ((((HUGS))))

Rawr08 · September 2011

Sending you tons of love hun. I'm sorry.

mdm2137 · September 2011

(((big hugs)))

csquared426 · September 2011

((HUGS))

VikingQueen · September 2011

((huge hugs))

Carolee · September 2011

(((HUGS))) Answering those questions is so hard. I still can't bring myself to tell strangers about my babies, so I just answer that I don't have kids. I feel like a bad mom because it's like I'm denying the fact that I had children. I hope some day I'll be able to tell people.