To deny our grief is to deny our love
Dublin Core
Title
To deny our grief is to deny our love
Subject
Birth announcements
LGBTQ people
Lesbian mothers
Parental Grief
Sorrow
Autobiographical memory
Description
Birth announcement with purple orchids sent to family and friends by a lesbian couple. It reads:
"To deny our grief is to deny our love—for we loved her way before she was here
…
Thank you for sharing in our joy when we were expecting [our daughter]
And for sharing in the sorrow of losing our little girl.
We hurt knowing that she never got to see how many people
were looking forward to meeting and loving her."
The words to the song “You are my Sunshine” are printed on the reverse.
“The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms
But when I awoke, dear, I was mistaken
And I hung my head and I cried
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You'll never know, dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away”
"To deny our grief is to deny our love—for we loved her way before she was here
…
Thank you for sharing in our joy when we were expecting [our daughter]
And for sharing in the sorrow of losing our little girl.
We hurt knowing that she never got to see how many people
were looking forward to meeting and loving her."
The words to the song “You are my Sunshine” are printed on the reverse.
“The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms
But when I awoke, dear, I was mistaken
And I hung my head and I cried
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You'll never know, dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away”
Creator
Participant in LGBTQ Reproductive Losses Research Project
Source
Personal Collection of LGBTQ Reproductive Losses Study Participant
Publisher
unpublished
Date
Circa 02-2011
Contributor
Participant in LGBTQ Reproductive Losses Research Project
Craven, Christa
Lang, Ella
Rights
Format
pdf
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Identifier
To deny our grief is to deny our love_01
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Card
Citation
Participant in LGBTQ Reproductive Losses Research Project, “To deny our grief is to deny our love,” LGBTQ+ Reproductive Loss, accessed September 30, 2023, https://lgbtqreproductiveloss.org/items/show/2.