I’ll Miss Your Holiday Spirit the Most
Being in a stepfamily means a lot of Christmases, we had one for each household plus each side of the…
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The Sweetest Mother's Day Gift!
Grief
By Amber Watson When It Just Doesn’t Feel Like Christmas, Look for the Baby In the Manger
I don’t know about you, but each Christmas season I find myself trying to catch the “feeling.” It seems like…
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She Wore Caesars Woman and It Smelled Like Love
They say the brain rewires itself to accommodate for losing one or more senses. A blind person develops great hearing,…
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By Jordan Pederson It’s Another Christmas Without You
It's that time of year. Everyone shines a little brighter, everything shimmers a little more. The cooler temps create a…
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Can You Grieve Someone You Never Knew?
We love. We lose. We mourn. Grief is a beautiful testament to someone we’ve loved, with whom we’ve built a…
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By Shannon Shpak The Fragile Heart of Grief
I started planting roses, and for a few years, it was this peaceful respite that I looked forward to each…
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When Mom Died, We Had Tea
My mom was never, ever without a cup of Lipton's tea. Like a dear friend, it held her hand, kept…
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By Lyndsay Zadnik My Mother Raised Me To Go On Without Her
“The kids are spending the night at Grandma’s, and I’m eyeballs deep in Fritos while catching up on all my…
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Dear Loss Mom, Grieve Your Baby In Heaven Without Guilt
My third baby was due on October 19, 2019. Instead, she was born into heaven on March 24, 2019. Not…
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My Sister and I Return To Childhood To Grieve Our Mother
“Grief is itself a medicine,” William Cowper. Everyone processes grief differently. The day after our mother’s death, my sister and…
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By Natalie Platzkoester Pavlak She Was Just a Dog…and So Much More
She was just a dog. One of my least favorite sayings is "it's just a dog" when people comment on…
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I Wish I Had the Chance to Be Friends with My Mom
Dear Mom, I never got the chance to appreciate you as a mother. There was so much life still to…
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