What is the normal way to grieve a miscarriage? I drown my skin in Chanel 5. I light my grave dirt candle. I put off bathing for another day as I change out my fourth day of bloody pads. A neverending period. My least favorite part of being a woman is all the death that happens inside me as a matter of course. Now more literally than ever. Why doesn't anyone talk about miscarriages? Finding out in the days following my event, as I speak to friends & family how absurdly common