<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[followthelions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Follow the Lions]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:19:30 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wrote many things in 2024 but didn't publish a single one.  It was a very private year for my grief, Owen, and me.  But now, here in...]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/_2024</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67bf0be9593af992b6ea86d9</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 13:10:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_a0d5d18c2f6c4764ad64c17114427031~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_720,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tip of the iceberg ]]></title><description><![CDATA[On a recent once in a lifetime trip to Antarctica, an unexpected thing happened.  I fell in love with icebergs.  Yep.  They fascinated me....]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/the-tip-of-the-iceberg</link><guid isPermaLink="false">658c8925536d3d29c9e53635</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2023 20:51:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_58a191edb176472b83a6835af219b6e0~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Weaver]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was about 10, I read the book “The Giver” for the first time. I remember the haunting feeling it stirred in me, and the discomfort...]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/the-weaver</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6542a2c4a07319c497e872e9</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 19:16:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_a546ce3af49e4af6b4cacba4909fee5b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything.  And Nothing.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a piece  I wrote to share at our opening circle at the Return To Zero Finding Yourself after Loss Retreat. What do I want you to...]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/everything-and-nothing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65294f1959d0db09382feed7</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2023 14:26:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_482cd14158d3416f91d037a8d5194359~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mountain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our birth story. Birth is like a movie.  There’s so many characters.  A main plot, multiple twists…Everyone plays a role.  There are...]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/the-mountain</link><guid isPermaLink="false">649c94e8c480d47d1e0d50f1</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2023 20:23:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_d68738c8873f43518d8453d14ee47f6c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_667,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Chrysalis]]></title><description><![CDATA[One day a young woman saw a chrysalis hanging from a branch.  She sat and watched it.  It was a beautiful shade of light green. As she...]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/the-chrysalis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6437246fbf9fb5809d96f270</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2023 21:40:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_63f8775f6f1341f68a4eda97792ff484~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is Me After You]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is me, after you. This is my belly. It's the last place you were safe These are my breasts That I pumped night and day. That ached...]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/this-is-me-after-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">642d7ba23b61d7af71b6489c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2023 13:56:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_d4bb2e7bb2ac478aab29a4b280ae3905~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[365 Firsts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, I did it. I woke up 365 times after my baby died. Each day was the first of that day without him. I have been told that the firsts...]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/365-firsts</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63d01cf54db1d8a188c002e7</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2023 18:31:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_4809ee7816b145a7b88b26b18ee93a62~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Am I?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wonder every day who Owen would be if he was here.  He would have just turned a year old.  What would his smile look like?  Would he...]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/who-am-i</link><guid isPermaLink="false">639892de63d80f24a9498b87</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2022 14:58:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_af6ca600d56e447483616008b747e161~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_562,h_310,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 13th Guest]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a short story I wrote back in February.  I had lost Owen less than two months prior and I was doing a lot of self work, including...]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/the-13th-guest</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62cdbd64b0227ec4a017621a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2022 18:57:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_d03ddf5e40fa493a9ce9eb0e38070471~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_900,h_599,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New Thing]]></title><description><![CDATA[It has been said that grieving parents have two time frames, "before" and "after" the loss.  There is a lot of truth to this for me.  I...]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/a-new-thing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">625fb31539a8ccc911ee9c3a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:25:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_3179b635ea9b43b78da90fa3c174d908~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_349,h_490,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Thorn-bush]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Have you not seen Death go by, with my little child?” she asked. “Yes,” replied the thorn-bush; “but I will not tell you which way he...]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/the-thorn-bush</link><guid isPermaLink="false">623caf2834f7875a50bc9e3a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2022 12:24:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_15d002eb0ba441029e351cc33a894bd1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[And]]></title><description><![CDATA[So much in grief culture focuses on looking for meaning, striving for healing or recovery, and moving on to find some bigger purpose born...]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/__and</link><guid isPermaLink="false">621a37aa0d6f128be7a06f85</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:57:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_b4143d9985214c62bf97d0506d17c404~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Butterfly]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grief doesn't feel like an emptiness to me.  In fact, it often feels the opposite. It usually feels heavy.  It has felt like chains...]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/butterfly</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61f9ef30adf35cf211b9e0c1</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 22:49:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_2ca7d3153ced40f083c0081d6ff933ea~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_419,h_529,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is Grief?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are a lot of resources out there for the grieving.  I have bought and read multiple books, talked with people who've experienced...]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/who-is-grief</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62058e4e11b2717c994b9258</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 22:53:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_bb051b79fe884c90b026e054592cd551~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_920,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Gift of Milk]]></title><description><![CDATA[We found out that Owen had a heart issue two days before his birth.  As soon as he was born, he was whisked away to have an...]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/the-gift-of-milk</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61d9b29b631f1800177b3244</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 20:52:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_3e45fb1997ed4e5dba34323909c4d0cf~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_480,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letters to Owen]]></title><description><![CDATA[On a whim, I bought this yellow journal a few days before Owen was born and once he arrived I quickly began filling the pages with...]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/letters-to-owen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61da17091192a50016ccd9b5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:38:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_fb1fb66ea4264d55bc5c5c649f68eea8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Exist]]></title><description><![CDATA[You exist in the hollow ache of my arms that long for your weight. In my eyes that search for you and in my fingers that still feel...]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/you-exist</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61df5950d3221f00174ac85d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:12:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_c4f1f1a08ab540f5801f7a4432099e74~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_303,h_410,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[After]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s the after that scares me the most. After you go, how will I go? How will I take those first heavy steps down the hall away from you?...]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/after</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61d87902b8db98001627939e</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:11:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_df52af054141475cb1232d13eae52a9f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_576,h_850,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does it FEEL like?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What does it feel like to be a mother who has lost her baby?  To suddenly be chosen against your will as the bearer of something so...]]></description><link>https://followthelions36.wixsite.com/followthelions/post/what-does-it-feel-like</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61df570aa9f3010016fdecf8</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2022 15:32:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/af8d59_8e1f3e3ed32545cb8266f41527faaf17~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_801,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>followthelions36</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>