Renovating a Broken Kitchen With a Broken Heart
Early in 2020, my husband discovered mold in our kitchen ceiling. In March, I discovered I was pregnant with our…
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The Sweetest Mother's Day Gift!
Grief
By Carolyn Saccomanno There’s Nothing More Special Than a Meet You in the Driveway Kind of Love
“Helloooooo, punkinheads!” my father-in-law bellowed as he opened the back door of our Honda CR-V. Like always, he fumbled with…
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By Jenni Brennan My Grandmother Loved Me in Little Ways I Still Feel Today
Bedtime is when I feel the closest to her. For as long as I can remember, I always feel a…
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By Jennifer Vail You’re Still Allowed To Grieve the Loss of a Toxic Mother
I’d thought many times about how I’d feel the day my mom died. It wouldn’t be a celebration by any…
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By Ashley I. Arinez Meghan Markle Opens Up About Her Suicidal Thoughts and it’s a Message We All Need To Take To Heart
“I can’t be left alone,” Meghan Markle told Oprah in a CBS interview that aired this weekend. When she said…
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I Held Heaven in My Arms the Day My Baby Was Born Still
This week would be our daughter’s seventh heavenly birthday. Over the years, I’ve seen others go through the pain of…
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By Shannon Shpak God Holds This Grieving Heart
It wasn't supposed to look like this. Grief wasn't supposed to steal our dreams, our hopes, our future. Death wasn't…
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Learning To Lean Into Grief
Almost two years ago I lost one of my best friends to breast cancer. I remember the phone call when…
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By Her View From Home I Went Home To Wait For My Baby To Die
I sat there, a faded hospital sheet draped over my legs, blood sticky to my inner thighs. It was too…
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By Ann-Marie Ferry I Lost My Baby But Not His Memory
Twenty-five feet of crystal-clear water rolled between the pier where I stood and the smooth, colorful boulders on the lake…
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To My Mother In-Law in Heaven, You’d Be So Proud of Your Son
To my mother-in-law in Heaven, It never gets easier. Year after year, it still feels so fresh. The pain of…
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Children Grieve in Their Own Way
Children are resilient and I believe many people use this logic to think children will be just fine after something…
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