Dad Creates Achingly Beautiful Sketch Showing the Pain of Miscarriage

Curtis Wiklund chronicles the life he shares with his wife, Jordin, and their 2 children by creating gorgeous pencil drawings. And although most of the sketches show their lives in a positive light, Wiklund recently put pencil to paper to capture one of the harder moments the couple had to face: their miscarriage.

Titled simply, “Miscarriage,” the heart-breaking drawing shows the aftermath of the couple finding out that their expected pregnancy had come to an end.

The couple, who found out that their third pregnancy had resulted in a miscarriage on July 22, went to the car and spent half an hour crying and hugging one another. The Wiklunds, who are parents to 3-year-old Casen and 1-year-old Hayden, had planned a party for that afternoon where they would reveal their pregnancy to friends and family. Ultimately, they cancelled those plans, and in a fit of grief, Wiklund created something out of the dark moment.

At first, he and his wife were reticent to share the sketch with the public. Wiklund’s images are typically funny or upbeat and he worried those who enjoyed his sketches wouldn’t be so keen on seeing such a sad one. But he was wrong.

Jordin says that people responded incredibly well to the sketch, some even reaching out and sharing their own stories about miscarriages. She told The Huffington Post:

“After the miscarriage, one of the greatest gifts during that time were the friends who reached out to me who had miscarriages in the past, who could relate to what I was going through. Because it’s such a deep and personal loss, it’s hard to imagine that anyone else can relate, that I wasn’t the only one.

Miscarriage is a very lonely experience, and if Curt’s sketch could help others feel the comfort I felt from friends knowing that I wasn’t alone, then it was worth it to share it.”

And while the image is still difficult for the pair to look at it, it represents a very real, yet difficult, chapter in their story together. People around the world have viewed the image on Facebook and Instagram and have thanked them for their realness and willingness to be vulnerable. The Wiklunds are grateful that this painful moment in their lives could help others relate and connect. [2]

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