by Guest Blogger | Jan 27, 2017 | Family Stories, Fatherhood
The following story is from Hand to Hold reader Kevin. If you’d like to share your NICU story with us, email leighann@handtohold.org. It’s been four years since I...
by Guest Blogger | Dec 29, 2016 | Family Stories
The following story is from Hand to Hold reader Crystal. If you’d like to share your NICU story with us, email leighann@handtohold.org. What were the circumstances...
by Guest Blogger | Nov 3, 2016 | Family Stories, News
by Fayruz Benyousef, Chair What an honor and privilege to serve as Hand to Hold’s Chair for the 2016 Baby Shower Luncheon this Friday, November 4. I stand alongside an amazing group of volunteers who are dedicating themselves to this year’s committee and we are so...
by Eric Ruthford | Oct 13, 2016 | Emotional Health, Family Stories, Fatherhood, Grief & Bereavement
October 15 is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. For more information on grief and healing, visit Hand to Hold’s bereavement resources. I have never liked visions of heaven that have it be a separate place, a place where we float as souls disconnected...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Aug 29, 2016 | Family Stories, NICU Life
Each spring, select cities throughout the U.S. and Canada host the annual storytelling show, Listen to Your Mother. Listen to Your Mother is a national series of locally-produced shows in which local writers, authors, storytellers, bloggers, and more take the stage to...
by Eric Ruthford | Jun 23, 2016 | Family Stories, Fatherhood, NICU Life
One day in June, Miri and I walked to the front desk of the NICU to sign in. My head briefly felt like there was a bubble of thin air around it and everything outside the bubble was moving too fast. I remembered the first time I felt this way was when our son,...
