The Life I Love Was Built From the Life That Broke Me
In my early- to mid-twenties, everything felt like it was unraveling. I was depressed, uninspired, dealing with health issues I…
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In my early- to mid-twenties, everything felt like it was unraveling. I was depressed, uninspired, dealing with health issues I…
Continue ReadingThere are only 13 years and 11 months between us. I can’t imagine how hard that must have been—how lonely…
Continue ReadingPraying for My Son Send a storm to stop him; Let his friends throw him out. May he drop to…
Continue ReadingGrandmother, I never met you this side of Heaven, but I feel as though I have. Your pictures, scattered throughout…
Continue ReadingI’ve written several times about how divorce has allowed me to find myself again, and how that version is even…
Continue ReadingI was talking with my dad the other day about an upcoming Disney trip with our kids. I told him…
Continue ReadingThe side of my husband who is hardest on himself usually shows up late at night. The house is quiet,…
Continue ReadingThe roles. The expectations. The unspoken, undefined rules. The hurt feelings no one wants to talk about. It could be…
Continue ReadingThe year is 2026: we’re inviting thousands of strangers to get ready with us, threatening our own deaths on a…
Continue ReadingHe promised you a lifetime, a family, safety, and security. You carried life and brought it into this world for…
Continue ReadingWhen my dad turned 80, he—and we, by default—celebrated all year. My sister made a fantastic, larger-than-life sign of him…
Continue ReadingI knew people died. I just didn’t think it applied to us. Mortality met me in grade two with a…
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