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Ana's avatar

I’m sorry for your loss Sophie. Thank you for writing this 💗

Sophie Mackintosh's avatar

Thank you Ana <3

Rebecca Tamás's avatar

You never fail to capture how beauty & grief are intwined in the complicated process that is living. Thinking of you, & sending love <3

Sophie Mackintosh's avatar

Thank you dear Rebecca <3

Alice Vincent's avatar

Oh Sophie, I am so sorry. What a piece of writing this is x

Sophie Mackintosh's avatar

Thank you Alice xxx

Iain MacDonald's avatar

Another beautiful post, and I’m so sorry for your loss. It’s heartbreaking.

Emily's avatar

Sophie, this is such a beautiful meditation on what must have been a truly dark moment.. so sorry for your loss, thank you for sharing it xx

Eli Goldstone's avatar

A beautiful description. It really is such a sacred, private heartbreak. I’m sorry you’ve experienced it ♥️

Sophie Mackintosh's avatar

Thank you Eli ❤️

Eimear Ryan's avatar

Beautiful work. <3

Sophie Mackintosh's avatar

Thank you ❤️

Nicola Kelly's avatar

I'm so, so sorry Sophie. Thinking of you and Luke x

Sophie Mackintosh's avatar

Thank you Nicola xx

Emily Hubbard's avatar

I’m so sorry Sophie ❤️‍🩹 it’s heartbreaking

Sophie Mackintosh's avatar

Thank you Emily xx

Ren Aldridge's avatar

So sorry for your loss - I just lost mine a few weeks ago - I shared your feeling about being pregnant in spring and the timeline of the year. I think your post will help many feel less alone with it ❤️

Sophie Mackintosh's avatar

Thank you, and I’m so sorry for your loss too ❤️

Sarah Robertson's avatar

Sending you so much love, Sophie. It truly is one of the most heartbreaking of experiences 💛

Sophie Mackintosh's avatar

Thank you Sarah ❤️

Freya Bromley's avatar

"I understand that to make another person is a game of outrageous luck, that there’s heartbreak written into the undertaking as well as the miraculous" ❤️

strangecomforts's avatar

You catch the glimmery feeling of a much-wanted pregnancy so vividly here. I’m so sorry about your loss. Wishing you rainbows

Rachael's avatar

This is a beautiful piece of writing. I have been there, and I’m so sorry for your loss.

Sophie Mackintosh's avatar

Thank you Rachael, and sorry for your loss ❤️

Emma Tranter's avatar

This was so beautiful and moving, I’ll be thinking of it for a while I’m sure! So sorry for your loss ❤️

Sophie Mackintosh's avatar

Thank you Emma xx

Will Lewallen's avatar

To read this as a young man opens up the world in a remarkable way, and makes clear and wondrous the fact we're all here at all. After my brother passed away my mum found some small comfort in the sanskrit word Vilomah. Thank you for sharing this.

Sophie Mackintosh's avatar

Thank you Will xx