Please lend support

I know I've been away far too long, but at this moment my update seems pretty insignificant - in short, I'm fine, baby is fine (adding the requisite "as far as I know...").

But my thoughts and heart are filled with sadness with a terrible loss in our community this week. I've had the privilege of first meeting Erin at Will Carry On through her blog, then in real life, when we realized we lived barely a mile from each other. Her and her husband had already suffered the loss of several pregnancies, including one at 16 weeks. They most recently became pregnant with triplets, and after a tumultuous early pregnancy, losing one of the babies, and some soft marker scares, finally seemed to be on their way with healthy boy-girl twins, just a week ago finally let themselves believe in the promise of their future.

All this was cruelly ripped away from them this week when the babies came into this world too early at almost 21 weeks. My heart is breaking for them and their loss that no one should have to endure. The tragedy suffered by them and others I've met here is beyond comprehension, beyond sense-making. But please do what little we can by reading their posts from this week, bearing witness to their loss and pain, and lending your voice in support.