I’m Not Buying a Mother’s Day Card This Year
I was at the grocery store last week buying anniversary cards for my husband and in-laws. After making my selections,…
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I was at the grocery store last week buying anniversary cards for my husband and in-laws. After making my selections,…
Continue ReadingA mother losing her child to premature death is more than missing that child’s presence. It is adjusting to an…
Continue ReadingMotherless daughter. I’d heard those words but never gave much thought to all they carried until I lost my mom.…
Continue ReadingOn an ordinary Thursday night, I kissed my husband goodnight and went to bed happily married like I had a…
Continue ReadingSeven years. That’s how long it’s been since I’ve held you or saw your blue eyes. It seems like just…
Continue ReadingThis morning I woke up no longer pregnant. No longer carrying the baby inside me that I had prayed so…
Continue ReadingIt has been 5,000 days since I was struck with an insatiable hunger. A hunger and a longing for the…
Continue ReadingI buried my face into the chocolate-brown fleece hoodie and inhaled. Nothing. I did not catch her scent. Maybe it…
Continue ReadingI find it helpful to write to work through various emotions and thoughts. The what-ifs have haunted me for years.…
Continue ReadingAfter my first pregnancy loss, I was afraid my other children might die. After my second pregnancy loss, I became…
Continue ReadingI wonder what the wise men were expecting when they followed that glorious star to visit Jesus with gifts for…
Continue ReadingThere exists somewhere within the universe a profound, unspoken rule—a mother who loses a child is not allowed to complain…
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