A Powerful Memoir of Loss and Hope

I’m so thankful my friend decided to share her story.

Mandy Osterhaus Ream
Books Are Our Superpower
4 min readApr 3, 2023

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Photo by Jackson Simmer on Unsplash

Even after seventeen years, I still remember getting the alarming call from my friend Kimber. “Mandy, can you come get Eden? I think I’m losing this baby,” she said.

Kimber was nearly to term with her second pregnancy when she didn’t feel any movement from the baby. After a conversation…

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Part-time professor. Full-time woman in middle age. Happiest in water. Her work can be found on mandyosterhausream.com.