“I’m never going to know you now But I’m going to love you anyhow.” ― Waltz No. 2 (XO), Elliott Smith

One of the very first things I did to truly begin my healing process was to listen to music. Music is such an integral part of my life, I’m not sure I spend much time not listening to music. I did searches on Google to find songs about miscarriage and pregnancy loss. Or just songs about loss in general. There are many meaningful songs about miscarriage or pregnancy loss. Plus, there were just songs that have always touched me deeply, such as The Scientist by Coldplay or Waltz No. 2 (XO) by Elliott Smith (the whole reason behind “XO” in XO, Isabel, by the way).

Here’s a Spotify playlist I created to honor our son, Leo:

XO, Isabel