Dear Mom, You’re Gone So a Part of Me is, Too
On April 25, 2018, my world imploded and I’m still living in the aftershock. Every day since has felt like…
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On April 25, 2018, my world imploded and I’m still living in the aftershock. Every day since has felt like…
Continue ReadingI was 25 when my mom passed away from metastatic breast cancer. Watching her slowly slip away right before my…
Continue ReadingI woke up this morning and sat up on my bed, legs dangling towards the floor. The heaviness of my…
Continue ReadingEDITOR'S NOTE: THIS POST DISCUSSES SUICIDE I didn’t truly understand the intensity of grief until I lost my husband, Eric.…
Continue ReadingThis isn't just for grieving moms, this one's for dads, too. And sisters and aunts and uncles and grandparents. Friends,…
Continue ReadingNothing makes you appreciate life more than death. I was still reeling from the loss of my dad when one…
Continue ReadingI couldn’t look at your face, my son. And now it’s too late. I’m sorry. I waited too long, and…
Continue ReadingThe day my mother died, everything changed. My mind became a complex mess of the heartbreaking reality of her death…
Continue ReadingMy mom could have died when I was 25, but she didn’t. She was, however, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, which…
Continue ReadingLosing your mom will wreck you. It breaks you and changes you in ways you never could have imagined. You’ll…
Continue ReadingEditor's note: this post discusses suicide. Normal is a goal we always seemed to reach for. It was something we…
Continue ReadingI tell myself . . . You are going to be OK. You just need to breathe. The anxiety may…
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