142: The Secret My Dad Carried To His Deathbed

Send Jen a Text MessageWhat happens to the grief you never let yourself feel? What does it cost you, years down the road, to just "keep going" like everyone told you to?I'm back after a little break I didn't really plan on. My dad passed away a few weeks ago, and in cleaning out his house with my sister, I've been uncovering something I never fully understood as a kid. My parents lost their first baby during birth, decades before I lost my twins. And the life they built afterward, the fear, the resentment, the debt, the silence, all of it traces back to a grief they were never allowed to put down.This episode is my dad's story. But if you've ever been told to move on, to be strong, to put this behind you, it's your story too. Because I've now lived this from both sides. As the child of parents who never healed, and as a grieving mom who made a different choice. I want you to hear what I saw, and why it matters so much for where you are right now.What you'll learn:Why grief doesn't go away when you ignore it — it just waits, and comes back through other lossesThe quiet ways unhealed grief can shape an entire life: the debt, the strained marriage, the fear of the worldWhat my parents' silence around their lost baby taught me about what happens when you "just keep going"Why my mom could never tell me it would be okay — and what that revealedThe secret my dad carried to his deathbed about the day they brought their baby homeWhat it actually means to choose differently: to let go of guilt and resentment without letting go of your babyWhy grief showing up again years later doesn't mean you're back at square oneHow honoring your baby now can change the story your family lives for generations[Read the full blog post here: LINK]Download my FREE "Guilt and Grief Release Journal" at navigatingbabyloss.com/journalWHERE TO FIND AND FOLLOW ME!Website-  https://www.navigatingbabyloss.comTik Tok-https://www.tiktok.com/@navigatingbabylossInstagram-https://www.instagram.com/navigatingbabyloss/You Tube-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-2MCEY5PRiF6p6VB_2lxA