Let Us Be Women Who Embrace the Mothers Who Grieve
Today I designed a print for a mom on the other side of the world. It was for her baby…
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Today I designed a print for a mom on the other side of the world. It was for her baby…
Continue ReadingI know you don’t want to be here. None of us do. The membership fees are high. The highest, in…
Continue ReadingFive weeks after my daughter Dorothy died, my nephew was born. I remember going to our weekly therapy session and…
Continue ReadingAngela Kennecke suspected Emily had fallen in with the “wrong” crowd. She knew her artistic, strikingly beautiful daughter had been…
Continue ReadingToday I will be reliving the most horrible night of my life. Honestly, it plays over and over in my…
Continue Reading"I like your tattoo," I said to my server as I tried to hide myself from the other restaurant patrons.…
Continue ReadingLately, I’ve been in a funk. Honestly, it’s been since Mother’s Day. You see, this was the second Mother’s Day…
Continue ReadingSometimes the ludicrousness of the sentence, “My child had cancer and died,” has to bring humor in order for me…
Continue ReadingI vividly remember a Christmas we attended when my kids were small. All the children had a pile of gifts…
Continue ReadingYears ago, I received a phone call from a former co-worker, telling me that a student I knew had been…
Continue ReadingMy house is always clean. The laundry gets done quickly. The dishes are rarely stacked up in the sink. My…
Continue ReadingApril 29th. As soon as the receptionist handed me the card, I began to obsess over the date. April 29th.…
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