When Susana Butterworth, 23, a student at Washington State University Tri-Cities and her husband, Dallin discovered that the son she was carrying had trisomy 18, they decided to do everything they could to celebrate him. Genetic testing and a highly detailed ultrasound identified physical markers of trisomy 18, which included clenched fists, rocker bottom feet, a…
life after loss
Pictures On A Wall
I walked into the house, the smell of a warm vanilla candle enveloping me as I set the diaper bag down next to a freshly-vaccummed rug. Coats, boots, zippers, the releasing of children occupying me. But I couldn’t pretend I didn’t see it. Right there on the mantle, merely feet away, lined up inconspicuously with…