Dear Mom, When Dad Died Your Strength Amazed Me
You sit there. With the utmost poise as everyone around you sobs seemingly uncontrollably. Staring. Hoping it’s a dream. And…
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You sit there. With the utmost poise as everyone around you sobs seemingly uncontrollably. Staring. Hoping it’s a dream. And…
Continue ReadingI have a sweet friend who struggled through infertility. She begged and prayed and cried for a child, undergoing years…
Continue ReadingWill someone please check on my husband? He’s strong. Like, really strong. I overheard him praying tonight, and I don’t…
Continue ReadingI know they mean well. I know they speak with love. That doesn’t make the words sting any lighter. The…
Continue ReadingSometimes I feel guilty that I still miss you. Sometimes I feel like enough time has passed, and I should…
Continue ReadingChrissy Teigen and John Legend recently lost their third baby, Jack, when Teigen delivered him at 20 weeks following pregnancy…
Continue ReadingI found myself asking my husband what he thought I should write about next on my blog. If there was…
Continue ReadingI sat in my son’s nursery during a 3 a.m. feed—my tired eyes scanning the room, desperate to stay awake.…
Continue ReadingI carried my daughter even though she had a life-limiting diagnosis. I was 16-weeks pregnant when my OB called and…
Continue ReadingI’ve read countless “Marry the Person Who . . .” articles. All have held truth. All have held beauty. However,…
Continue ReadingI watch the needle slide into my arm and feel nothing. It’s fascinating, in a way, this numbness settling over…
Continue ReadingOctober 28, 2019: “I’m so sorry,” she said, as she backed away from the machine as if it were a…
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