Sandy Jorgenson

Sandy Jorgenson

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Bio

Writer by day and snack-eater by night, Sandy Jorgenson is a badass and brave mother to one fierce and beauty-filled girl. Find Sandy at sandsmama.com writing about her experience with motherhood, pregnancy loss, secondary infertility and body image, or find her in the water somewhere trying desperately to morph into the mermaid she so badly wants to be.

Sandy Jorgenson Articles

Platitudes can't take you all the way to real life transformation.

This Is Not About Cliched Living

This article is the second in a two-part series.

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Sandy JorgensonJess Lahitou
It’s been ten years, and I’m still reckoning with his death

Reckoning With Grief In The Wake Of A Suicide

Death, we know because it’s drilled into us from an early age, is a natural part of life.

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Sandy JorgensonErin Khar
How lovely were the carefree days of being a younger adult.

7 Realities of Adulthood That Can Kiss My Ass

Griping about adulting is a fun thing that we like to do, I know.

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Sandy Jorgensonjoni edelman, RN
For the first year of my daughter’s life, while the fog of depression had enveloped me, I was positive I was alone. (Image:Thinkstock)

No Mother Is An Island: Surviving Postpartum Depression 

My daughter was just reaching her first birthday before the dense fog of postpartum depression started to lift off of me. I didn’t realize it right away, though – and I certainly hadn’t even realized I was suffering from PPD at all.

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Sandy Jorgensonjoni edelman, RN
Feel the gratitude - it's where truth lives. (Image Credit: Unsplash/Emma Frances Logan Barker)

Giving Thanks Amidst Hardship: It Sucks, But Just Try Anyway

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Sandy Jorgensonjoni edelman, RN
Most of all, be proactively there and present for your friend.

6 Things To Do For A Family After The Loss Of A Baby

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Sandy Jorgensonjoni edelman, RN
Okay, let's just admit: life doesn't always come with adequate sleep guaranteed.

You’re Tired, I’m Tired, We’re All Just Exhausted

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Sandy Jorgensonjoni edelman, RN
Photo by Daria Nepriakhina on Unsplash

On Trolls, Bullies, And White Murderers: Can We Stop This Madness Already? 

Why are people so mean?

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Sandy JorgensonErin Khar
There’s been nearly nothing easy about raising that child of mine, of course. But there was an element of simplicity to the task in those early days that I’ll always miss.

Parenting Amidst Great Swells Of Emotion - Separation Anxiety Is Mine

...[O]ur very responsibility is to equip them with everything they need before we shove them out of the nest and watch their wings spread far and wide... But what, then, is left for us?

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Sandy JorgensonJess Lahitou