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barefoot and brave.
Though no two lives will ever be the same, there is something to be said about hearing details of somebody’s story that mirror elements...
Kimberly Lockhart
Oct 24, 20247 min read
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Honouring Our Little Kiaan on his First Heavenly Birthday: A Journey of Joy andHeartbreak
Pregnancy is often described as one of the most beautiful and transformative journeys a woman can experience. For me, it was a time of...
Kimberly Lockhart
Aug 21, 20245 min read
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Landon Henry Delbaere-Mong
Dear: Landon Henry Delbaere-Mong I grew and loved you for 9 months My tummy was the only home you ever knew You only knew love You never...
Kimberly Lockhart
Aug 8, 20241 min read
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Declutter Your Home, Declutter Your Mind: 5 Ways Your Cluttered Space May be Affecting Your Emotional Well-Being
Shared from one of our silent auction donors. CONTACT: olena@harmonyhomeorganizing.ca WEBSITE: https://harmonyhomeorganizing.ca/ Let’s...
Laura Markle
Jul 2, 20243 min read
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Courtney Hiller, Bereaved Mama to Luca shares their TFRM story
Thank you to Courtney Hiller, bereaved Mama to Luca for sharing their story.
Laura Markle
May 4, 20246 min read
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Butterfly Run Vancouver Island
A few weeks ago while doing after-school pickup and starving for conversation, I took the opportunity to chat with the other parents...
Laura Markle
Feb 26, 20243 min read
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Warrior Mama Poem by Kelly Brown Moth
Warrior Mama I must have the heart of a warrior to continue down this path that I did not choose There are no side roads and there's no...
butterflyruncanada
Jan 18, 20241 min read
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On Birth & Death
On Birth & Death Learning to Hold Both I became a mother this year. This in itself is un-unique; there are an estimated 2 billion mothers...
butterflyruncanada
Nov 27, 20233 min read
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Rebecca Brereton Story of Love and Loss
Our journey to parenthood has not been easy or straightforward. Taylor and I had 3 losses before our son was born in 2019. This fourth...
butterflyruncanada
Sep 25, 20232 min read
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What Should Have Been Your First Day of Kindergarten.
On your kindergarten day… Today I watched your older sisters walk into school for the start of a new year. I could see all the...
butterflyruncanada
Sep 7, 20232 min read
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Fertility Coach Laura's Personal Journey
My story of trying to (and eventually having) a baby is like a lot of others who've gone through the twists and turns and ups and downs...
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Aug 11, 20235 min read
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Our Journey to Luca
Infertility is never a journey I thought we would have to cross and trying IVF terrified me. I didn’t know back at the start that it...
emilycordonier
Jun 25, 20235 min read
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My Struggle With Fertility
This is what being triggered can look like for me. The first image is grief, rage, and depression. The second is all of the emotions...
emilycordonier
Jun 23, 20232 min read
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A Father's Letter to his Beautiful Baby Boy
Dear Lucas, Our beautiful baby boy. You came into this world and into our lives on September 25th, 2022. The rush of love and happiness...
emilycordonier
Jun 18, 20236 min read
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Infertility Sucks
By Emma Gardner, Butterfly Run Vancouver Committee Member We had a pregnancy scare recently. We are careful and we take precautions not...
emilycordonier
May 3, 20237 min read
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Struggling With Secondary Infertility
this story was written by Butterfly Run Committee Member, Chelsea Hardy "Where do I begin? With the pain, the journey, the emotional...
emilycordonier
Apr 28, 20232 min read
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Our IVF Journey
this story was written by Susan Van Der Ende, a committee member with the Butterfly Run Vancouver My infertility journey has been long...
emilycordonier
Apr 27, 20233 min read
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Come to Terms
by Kasia Gabinska “Do you want kids?” Up until around a year ago, this question secretly gutted me. I clandestinely cried at baby...
emilycordonier
Apr 26, 20232 min read
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Our Infertility Journey: You Are Not Alone
by Reiko Infertility is so common, but not talked about, so that’s why we have decided to share our story. We do not share for sympathy,...
emilycordonier
Apr 25, 20232 min read
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My Infertility Journey
by Yvonne McEwan Infertility… where do I begin. You have taken 20 years of my life that I can’t get back. You’ve stolen happy hopeful...
emilycordonier
Apr 24, 20231 min read
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