Turning Worry into Worship Changes Everything
It’s strange how fast things enter our lives. One day I was adjusting to our youngest son going off to college and grieving the loss of my dad when…
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I Search For My Mom in Everything, Especially Christmas
Grief is a funny thing. Sometimes you’re able to anticipate the blow, and other times, it hits you in the gut out of nowhere, leaving you…
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Getting Through the Holidays as a Motherless Daughter
Before my mother died but when she was very sick, I was dropping my son off at daycare. When we arrived, there was another little boy who had just…
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Dear 16-Year-Old Me in the Tanning Bed
I remember you all too well. I remember the cheerleader, the girl who couldn’t wait for the winter formal, and then the prom. I see you looking at…
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To My Mom When She Was Diagnosed With Cancer
Dear Mom, I’ll never forget the day you were diagnosed with cancer. Neither of us cried. I’m not sure if it was because we were just too numb…
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Thank You, Cancer
Dear cancer, Two years ago today, you came into my life when I was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, or ACC, a rare salivary gland cancer.…
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How a Photo Shared in a Facebook Group of Moms Helped Save One Little Boy’s Life
Mom groups often get a bad name for being catty, judgy, or full of multi-level marketing schemes—and to be honest, a few of them can be like that.…
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When Daddy Isn’t Coming Home
For most children, the concept of death is introduced with the death of a pet, an elderly grandparent or perhaps a poor raccoon spotted on the side…
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I Am Not My Child’s Death
We are NOT what has happened to us or what this world says we are. That is not what defines us. While we are grieving parents, that is not what our…
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I’m Not Sure How Long I’ll Need an Antidepressant to Feel Normal…and That’s OK
I tried to wean off of Zoloft and couldn’t. And that’s OK. I had never really been aware of the world of antidepressants. My life has been…
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