Stephanie Joy Phillips

Part 1

Every one of your children
Was a baby
Was a pregnancy
Was a conception
Was a dream

But what if there was no child
No baby
No pregnancy
No conception

What if your child
Your baby
Was just a dream

Part 2

When is a loss considered a loss
When your child is 8 years old
When your baby is 8 months old
When you are 8 months pregnant
When you have been trying for 8 years
Or when you chose their name at 8 years of age

Part 3

Not all dreams come true
The end of a dream can feel like the end of two lives
The unborn child and the unborn mother
Death does not have to accompany a life
But grief can last a lifetime.