

In an essay written for The New York Times published Wednesday, Meghan Markle revealed that she had a miscarriage in July. “Sitting in a hospital bed, watching my husband’s heart break as he tried to hold the shattered pieces of mine,” she writes, “I realized that the only way to begin to heal is to first ask, ‘Are you OK?’”
According to People’s source, Meghan and Harry shared the news with both their families and decided that Thanksgiving’s “time of reflection” would be a good time to go public with their story, speaking openly about their loss in the hopes that it encourages others to feel comfortable doing the same. Markle also references an interview she did with Tom Bradby in South Africa in 2019, during which the journalist asked, “Are you OK?” The question, which resonated with Meghan, drives the second part of her essay, which asks for a tiny nibble of compassion, understanding, and the willingness to literally check in with the people we care about but haven’t seen in a while, to see if they are hanging in there or not—something nice to think about as Thanksgiving beckons.