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The holidays can serve as a chance to celebrate and make memories with loved ones we don’t otherwise see often. And yet, when the holiday season coincides with a season of grief, they suddenly serve as a potent reminder of the loved ones with who are no longer with...

Enjoy this short video capturing some moments and sentiments from our first Abel Speaks Community Retreat! Video filmed and edited by Collin Sims (www.collinsims.com) “There really aren’t enough words to describe how special the Abel Speaks retreat was to us. This was...

The holidays can be the most joyous time of the year. But for some of us, the holidays can bring so much heartache. Celebrating and remembering together can be a beautiful thing, but it can also be the source of so much pain.  If you’re reading this and you’ve lost a...

NOTE: This is a guest post from Mackenzie Young, offering a quick glimpse into what softened her heart and changed her perspective on life in the womb.To quote Jane Austen, “I was in the middle before I knew I had begun.” If I had to pinpoint one reason, one person,...

NOTE: This is a guest post from Anne Ungarean. Her contribution here is significant to us, not simply because of her faithful story and her gift of writing, but because she and Nate were the first parents of loss we sat across from following Abel’s diagnosis in 2015....

Note: These words were written back in December 2015 while we were pregnant with Abel. For more of their posts from that season, you can visit www.abelpaulcrawford.wordpress.com“Every year as the Christmas season approaches, we think about God the Son (which makes...

We often talk about the impact that medical professionals can have on a family’s experience, for better or worse. Sadly, it is common for parents to be left wanting in their desire for a medical team that will value their child’s life and partner with them to make the...

Have you ever had someone in your life experience a profound loss? Did you immediately know how to comfort and care for them? If so, you are one of the very few. For most of us, when the people we care about are grieving, it is common to feel unsure of what to say or...

Note: This is a guest post from Dr. Jacqueline Battistelli, who is a board-certified OB/GYN and has been practicing for 5 years. She served in the United States Air Force for 4 years as a generalist OB/GYN and is currently working as an OB Hospitalist and researcher...