This Simple Word Radically Changed the Way I Grieve
Five weeks after my daughter Dorothy died, my nephew was born. I remember going to our weekly therapy session and…
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Five weeks after my daughter Dorothy died, my nephew was born. I remember going to our weekly therapy session and…
Continue ReadingAngela Kennecke suspected Emily had fallen in with the “wrong” crowd. She knew her artistic, strikingly beautiful daughter had been…
Continue ReadingToday I will be reliving the most horrible night of my life. Honestly, it plays over and over in my…
Continue ReadingYears had been spent trying to tell my father that he needed help. He and his wife had separated, gotten…
Continue Reading"I like your tattoo," I said to my server as I tried to hide myself from the other restaurant patrons.…
Continue ReadingLately, I’ve been in a funk. Honestly, it’s been since Mother’s Day. You see, this was the second Mother’s Day…
Continue ReadingSometimes the ludicrousness of the sentence, “My child had cancer and died,” has to bring humor in order for me…
Continue ReadingI vividly remember a Christmas we attended when my kids were small. All the children had a pile of gifts…
Continue ReadingYears ago, I received a phone call from a former co-worker, telling me that a student I knew had been…
Continue ReadingMy house is always clean. The laundry gets done quickly. The dishes are rarely stacked up in the sink. My…
Continue ReadingApril 29th. As soon as the receptionist handed me the card, I began to obsess over the date. April 29th.…
Continue ReadingMy middle child, Austin, is not the extrovert like his older sister and younger brother. Though he doesn’t hide from…
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