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Diane Teare's avatar

Mother to mother, human to human, thank you.

The ripples of this raw and vulnerable share will be vast. You remind me how powerful our voices are, your writing is utterly captivating. I was you as I read, I felt it all.

Holding you in the deepest tenderness, love and gratitude 🙏 ❤️

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Brittany Chambers's avatar

Human to human is why I write. Thank you so much for this reflection, Diane. Made my heart swell.

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Kim's avatar

I couldn’t have said it more beautifully.. as a mother and a midwife, I also felt every word and ripple..🙏🏼

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Brit's avatar

So powerful. I’m blown away. Thank you for sharing with us. Sending your daughter, you, your family prayers for continued healing, strength and connection. ❤️

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Brittany Chambers's avatar

Thank you, Brit 🙏🏼

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Tiffany Belanger's avatar

Powerful, enraging, heartbreaking, hopeful… Your words made me feel EVERYTHING. Thank you, Britt. 💖

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Brittany Chambers's avatar

Thank YOU, Tiff, for holding my family through this tender time.

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Heart Warrior Mama's avatar

Love this! I too experienced a close encounter… and had many moments since that keep bringing me back to gratitude for what I have here and now. Thank you for sharing your story <3

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Brittany Chambers's avatar

The here and now -- yes. My little fam is stuck in a near-perpetual state of gratitude right now.

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Linda Maria's avatar

THANK YOU for reminding us 🤍

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MPMarcosC's avatar

Thank you so much for share this letter.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I pray for tour family with love

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Allysha Lavino's avatar

Cried through the whole thing and was there with you in every moment. I could spend the rest of my life reading poignant, beautiful, heartbreaking writing life this, my own daughter’s sleeping breath the perfect background music.

Thank you for the courage to live and share this. Can’t wait to read the rest.

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Brittany Chambers's avatar

I cried at your “thank you for the courage” 😭

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Nata Goldberg's avatar

This post took my breath away. This was the most powerful collection of words, feelings, lessons, truths that I have read in a very long time.

I wish you and your daughter (and your entire family) only love and health.

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Finding Me in Mom's avatar

This moved me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing.

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Brittany Chambers's avatar

Thank you so very much for reading.

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Lauren Jane's avatar

So powerful the way you’ve captured this. So much I relate to about the medical system - the separation, the way being a ‘patient’ is like a degradation of self. Thank you for your writing.

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Brittany Chambers's avatar

Thank you for naming this so candidly, Lauren. Thank you for reading <3.

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Nina Jung's avatar

Powerfully written and said. ✨🙏🏼

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Marie Mueller's avatar

❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

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Emily Chin's avatar

Oh wow. Just, wow. So powerful.

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Jessica Blair's avatar

Speechless. I will be holding out for part two.

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Maya's avatar

Every word of this was potent and beautiful and harrowing. Thank you for sharing. Sending fierce love and prayer to you, your daughter and whole family 🤍

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Brittany Chambers's avatar

Maya, thank you. Thank you. ❤️❤️❤️

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hailey's avatar

you are so incredibly fierce and fantastic. sending your family lots of love. thank you for sharing your message for us. it hit right where it needed to.

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Brittany Chambers's avatar

So very glad it struck a chord. Hope Part II ties it all together in a way that makes even more sense ❤️

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