Alzheimer’s Took My Mother’s Life. A Pandemic Stole Her Funeral.
If you were only allowed to have ten people at your mother’s funeral, who would you pick? How would you…
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If you were only allowed to have ten people at your mother’s funeral, who would you pick? How would you…
Continue ReadingOn May 28, 2019, my husband and I lost our firstborn daughter Faith to stillbirth. I’m now pregnant with what…
Continue ReadingThe world as we know it has changed. Masks are the norm, contact is not. Businesses are closing, restaurants are…
Continue Reading*This article was originally published in August 2020. Anytime I hear of a child passing away, it is like a…
Continue ReadingI see you with your mother. I’m jealous. I don’t want to be, but I am. Pieces of my heart…
Continue ReadingI opened my front door to find a box full of goodies at my feet: a hot meal, gifts for…
Continue Reading“How are you doing?” friends ask with sympathy in their eyes. I give a standard reply because I don’t even…
Continue ReadingMy mom just brought my dad’s ashes home. He is finally home . . . just not how we thought…
Continue ReadingI thought there’d be one more. One more baby to swaddle and sway to sleep in my arms. One more…
Continue ReadingI watched a bird, busy in the gutter of my home. After a while, I realized it was building a…
Continue ReadingShe lifted the young child into her arms and experienced, for the first time, a love so big her heart…
Continue ReadingYesterday I was at my parents’ house helping my dad out with a few things. I went into the master…
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