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Ashley Ortiz

Ashley Ortiz

Surviving Tornadoes

By Ashley Ortiz on August 15, 2016

A beautiful post by Preemie Parent Mentor Ashley O. The time is here. I have had years, literally, to prepare for it but yet it has hit me like an F5 tornado and I’m trapped under the weight of the destruction. I’m trying desperately not to suffocate but all the oxygen has suddenly been sucked […]

Categories: Mothers of Preemies, Preemie Loss & Remembrance, Preemie Parent Voices
Tags: grief, remembrance
Four

Four

By Ashley Ortiz on August 10, 2015

Today’s guest author is Ashley. Ashley serves as a Graham’s Foundation Preemie Parent Mentor by providing support for those who have lost a premature infant. Ashley can be reached via email or through her parent mentor webpage. Four children are splashing in the pool, so happy to just be enjoying hot sunshine and cold water. […]

Categories: Preemie Loss & Remembrance
Tags: 23 weeks, birth stories, micropreemies, preemie loss
A Preemie Mom's Story of Love and Loss for National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month

A Preemie Mom’s Story of Love and Loss for National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month

By Ashley Ortiz on October 16, 2014

Today, in honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day/Month, we are sharing Ashley Ortiz’s 2014 Walk to Remember Speech in its entirety: We have a beautiful six and a half month old daughter named Nora. She is loving, intelligent and hilarious. Her personality fills every room we enter. She is incredibly charming. And while […]

Categories: Preemie Loss & Remembrance
Tags: national pregnancy and infant loss awareness month

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