I Didn’t Know Anxiety until I Knew Grief
If you had known me for the first 45 years of my life, you would say I was an extrovert.…
Continue ReadingThe Sweetest Mother's Day Gift!
If you had known me for the first 45 years of my life, you would say I was an extrovert.…
Continue ReadingMy mother is an extraordinary woman. She inspires me to be a better person. She has spent seven years selflessly…
Continue ReadingTo the average person, it was a typical Wisconsin Friday in October—wet, dreary, and a bit nippy. To my wife…
Continue ReadingWhen you hear the term miscarriage, what do you think? My initial thought was the loss of an unborn child,…
Continue ReadingAt first, I wanted to hide. I didn’t want to face people anywhere, not at the grocery store, not at…
Continue ReadingMy daddy went home to the arms of Jesus just a few short days before Christmas. My family was given…
Continue ReadingThis was the fifth time I’d seen those two pink lines letting me know that a baby was on the…
Continue ReadingWe picked up her ashes yesterday . . . our daughter’s ashes. Though the funeral home was only about an…
Continue ReadingTrigger warning: Child loss I had a plan for summertime fun with my children. We had just returned from a…
Continue ReadingFor the last sixteen months of her life, I was one of my mother’s primary caregivers, and now that she’s…
Continue ReadingYou are on my mind today. But that’s not unusual. It’s crazy how after 13 years, it doesn’t feel that…
Continue ReadingOur dog Carlos has slowed down considerably within the last few months. He’s always been outspoken and opinionated–a typical firstborn…
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