Just over two years after our baby Jeffrey died from spinal muscular atrophy, my brother-in-law, Steven, passed away. My husband,…
Helen Baldwin
Helen Baldwin lives in Jefferson, North Carolina, with her husband, Randy plus their two dogs, a cat, and untold wild critters outside. Their firstborn’s family, including two delightful children, lives just down the road, so she enjoys lots of MomMom time. Helen and Randy have a rental cabin and bees, among numerous other endeavors, so they’ll never be bored. Life took a drastic twist in 1997 when their third baby, Jeffrey, was diagnosed with SMA type 1. Although their active stint with SMA was brief, Helen hopes that sharing and connecting experiences after Jeffrey’s death, usually with optimism, helps others endure the unpredictability of loss and recovery.
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Articles by Helen Baldwin
Got Chaos? Look Up at the Sky
As teens, my husband, Randy, and his brother kept bees in their family’s tiny backyard. Way back then,…
Growing up, about the closest I got to yardwork was burying some poor mussels I’d brought back one summer from…
BARK! BARK! WOOF! WOOF! The guest staying in our rental cabin had come down to the house. Our dogs, Honey…
Our sweet third baby, Jeffrey, arrived on a sunny May morning. Two months later, spinal muscular atrophy barged into our…
As my husband, Randy, and I slipped into our mid 40s, God plopped a little surprise into our middle-aged laps:…
Oct. 6, 1997. My husband, Randy, and I snagged a last-ditch effort to save our baby Jeffrey from spinal muscular…
Before I turned 2, I loved watching “Wunda Wunda,” a children’s educational program on a local channel that…
Kudos and a whew! to us all for surviving 2020. Vastly understated, last year was memorable. Overall (and thankfully), my…
My husband, Randy, and I moved into our house at the end of December 1995. The old farmhouse, situated…