By Charissa Bates Cancer Is Weird
Cancer is weird. For 3.5 years I looked into the mirror and didn’t recognize the person looking at me. First,…
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By Lindsey Carson In Time, Beauty Grows from Grief
Spring stirs up emotions within me that bring on reflection. I watch the death of winter sink into the ground…
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By Hadassah Treu I Am Not the Same After Loss, But God’s Love Is
Have you experienced that feeling when you don't want to wake up but continue sleeping and dreaming the wonderful dream…
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By Deanna Adamo I Saved My Daughter’s Clothes Not Knowing They’d Turn Into Memories
I saved your clothes because you were our firstborn. I thought for sure as I quietly folded them and stored…
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By Debbie Wilkins Baisden I Am in Love with Two Men
I am in love with two men. It started years ago. My marriage of 11 years, which led to four…
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By Allie I. The Empty Womb
No one tells you how it will feel. What will trigger it? The emptiness, the anger, the fear, or the…
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By Britney Longarzo Grieving the Death of an Estranged Family Member is Complicated
This past weekend, I learned that my estranged grandmother died. It had been a few years since I had spoken…
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By Lindsay Sledge “Do You Still Want the China?”
My grandmother sits in the same plush chair that my grandfather sat in before he passed. The red reclining chair,…
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Wear the Pretty Underwear
This week was monumental. After 15 years, I finally finished a bottle of Victoria’s Secret perfume. I just wish I…
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Loving Mom (Thanks, Amazon)
I was online, searching old Amazon orders for a part we’d bought for our 1998 Buick Regal. The car was…
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There’s a Little Less of You Here Each Day
I'm sitting here on the front porch, and I'm sobbing. I'm finally grieving. I've finally reached the place where my…
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Grief is a Wild Horse
I burst into tears the other day at the nail salon. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” came on over…
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