62: Return to Zero: H.O.P.E. with Kiley Hanish

Female Voices: Life and Loss · Oct 20, 2021 · 41m

Kiley Hanish's husband, a filmmaker, decided to write a fictional script about their son Norbert who was stillborn to help with his healing of grief and to break the silence. They had been very private about their loss for 9 years, people do not talk about the death of a baby and it is very isolating. The release of the film introduced them into the baby loss community where they found there were people just like them. They finally felt like they were not crazy and that their behaviors were not strange. The film validated so many, helped them not feel alone and it was no longer taboo to talk…