Having a stillborn baby was truly awful, but it brought u together-Couple.
After suffering a tragic loss, her husband Ben found a way to support one another through the trauma.
"For me, learning to embrace rather than resent the ways Ben and I are different has been a key lesson. He lives in the present and loves to spend money on experiences, whereas I’m naturally much more cautious.
"The Easter after Willem died, Ben was working in Africa and said, ‘Why don’t you and the children come out?’ Previously, I might have thought that we shouldn’t go; that travelling through rough terrain with two small children would be too dangerous.
"I’m so glad we did, because for the first time since our loss, I went an entire day without feeling that aching sadness that Willem wasn’t there. It was an amazing moment when I realised my life wasn’t always going to be consumed by grief."
"For me, learning to embrace rather than resent the ways Ben and I are different has been a key lesson. He lives in the present and loves to spend money on experiences, whereas I’m naturally much more cautious.
"The Easter after Willem died, Ben was working in Africa and said, ‘Why don’t you and the children come out?’ Previously, I might have thought that we shouldn’t go; that travelling through rough terrain with two small children would be too dangerous.
"I’m so glad we did, because for the first time since our loss, I went an entire day without feeling that aching sadness that Willem wasn’t there. It was an amazing moment when I realised my life wasn’t always going to be consumed by grief."
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