301. Is This Normal? Surviving the First Year of Child Loss

Is This Normal? Surviving the First Year of Child Loss

You keep asking yourself if what you're feeling is even normal. And on the days the tears won't come at all — the numb, flat days — the question gets louder. Is something wrong with me? Am I losing my mind?

You're not. And you are not doing this wrong.

This one is for the mom living through the first year after her child went to heaven — the weeks that blur, the months that drag, the whole long stretch of it. Teresa sits down beside you and gently names what this first year actually does to a grieving mother: in your mind, in your body, in your days.

In this episode, you'll discover...

• The truth about the numb, tearless days — and why they are never a measure of how much you love your child

• That deep longing to be with your child again — and why it's not the warning sign someone made you feel it was

• What's actually happening inside your body when the fog rolls in, sleep turns against you, and the aches show up with no reason a doctor can find

• Why crossing the one-year mark doesn't hand you the relief you've been bracing for — and the one thing that carries you further than a finish line ever could

You don't have to see the whole road ahead. You were never meant to. God asks for the next step, in the light He gives you for today.

Wherever you are in this journey, there's a place for you:

👉 Join the waitlist for The Grief Roadmap — 12 weeks, walked side by side, moms at every stage. Doors open early 2027: The In Depth Program for Child Loss-The Grief Roadmap

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