Breaking The Taboo

Baby loss is a taboo

It is the unspoken about tragedy

It’s the club none of want to be in

No one envy’s you, everyone pity’s you

But no one knows what to say

To be honest I don’t often know what to say

Rhianna had been gone for 6 months before I even told people I didn’t know I had two children.

I couldn’t bring myself to say the words

To get the look

To make people uncomfortable

But even though I have found it difficult I have tried to make it the opposite for Baba

He has a brother and sister

End of

It’s not the ‘normal’ way but its his family

We have made sure we always talk about her

In our family she isn’t a taboo, she is our daughter and Baba and Boo’s sister

End off

And Baba talks about her

Yesterday he went to a friends from school, one he only knows from school and he was asked if he had older brothers and sisters

Straight away with no question Baba told them he had a sister

She was two and she lived in heaven

He didn’t care about the response

He didn’t care about the reaction

He has a sister

He loves his sister

He is proud of his sister

And if you ask him

He tells you

He has a sister

She just lives in heaven

A little six-year-old

Breaking the taboo

One person at a time

Making sure his sister lives on via him

Making us so proud every day