In 2008, Maureen, together with her husband, gave birth to a beautiful little eight pound baby, Tya Marie Cobb. Stillborn at 40 weeks, Tya unfortunately spiraled straight into the cosmic realm, leaving her family behind as Mitch, Mo, and 2-year old Leila struggled to cope … and to let go.
In 2009, Mo received a grant through the PEI Arts Council and managed to successfully produce a full length manuscript, gathering steam on her journey through writing workshops and an exploration of her relationship with words.
This blog is about the road to publication of Maureen’s memoir, White Butterfly: A Memoir of Motherhood and Loss and its more hopeful sequel, Barefoot Beaches and Broken Backpacks: Parenting a Toddler through Southeast Asia, about their healing year of backpacking and travel that followed.
