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Grief
June 4, 2026
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By Courtney Dercqu

My Parents Will Never See This Face

You’ve had that moment, right? That moment when you don’t recognize the woman standing in front of you. Her hair…

Grief
April 29, 2026
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By Marissa Bader

I Miss Having Parents

I have been living with the ache of loss for so long that I truly don’t remember what it feels…

Military Life Is Built on Moments Like This

Living, Motherhood
February 18, 2026
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By Megan Kewaza

Military Life Is Built on Moments Like This

He had been counting the days for months. Every morning, he would wake up and ask if today was the…

Grief
February 9, 2026
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By Kristyna Moore

Nobody Prepares You for Losing a Parent

Nobody prepares you for the loss of a parent. How could they? How do you explain the surreal feeling of…

My Son Is a Living Reminder of My Dad In Heaven

Grief, Living
December 9, 2025
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By Katarina Bohn

My Son Is a Living Reminder of My Dad In Heaven

I was 17 years old and a senior in high school when my father passed away after a lengthy battle…

To My Aging Dad, Whose Memory Is Failing

Living
December 4, 2025
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By Lindsey Jordan

To My Aging Dad, Whose Memory Is Failing

Dad, you just turned 70, a milestone I never expected to see. You had your first heart attack in your…

Grief
November 2, 2025
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By Shari Strosser

Grief Shows Up Whenever It Wants

My dad has been gone for over a year. The grief has gotten better, as I had been told it…

I’ll Never Stop Looking for Signs from My Parents

Grief
September 11, 2025
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By Marissa Bader

I’ll Never Stop Looking for Signs from My Parents

Do you believe in signs? I do. I find them everywhere. In the tree my siblings planted at our cabin…

I’d Give Nearly Anything to Call My Dad Again

Grief
July 29, 2025
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By Trina Rehberg Boyko

I’d Give Nearly Anything to Call My Dad Again

It hit me at the most unexpected time. I was doing laundry, and threw one of my dad’s shirts in…

Grief
June 15, 2025
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By Natasha Smith

Love Like This Never Really Leaves

I found my graduation picture in my dad’s wallet. It’s one of the last things I physically have of his…

Grown Children, Living
June 13, 2025
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By Ashley Flores-Pabon

I Waited My Whole Childhood for a Dad

Like so many kids are, I was raised by a single mom—the kind of woman who always put her kids…

Kids, Living
June 12, 2025
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By Vicki Bahr

Grandpa to the Rescue

We were in the sixth row of the church, all ready for our five-year-old twin grandsons’ preschool Christmas program to…

Dad

My Parents Will Never See This Face

I Miss Having Parents

Military Life Is Built on Moments Like This

Nobody Prepares You for Losing a Parent

My Son Is a Living Reminder of My Dad In Heaven

To My Aging Dad, Whose Memory Is Failing

Grief Shows Up Whenever It Wants

I’ll Never Stop Looking for Signs from My Parents

I’d Give Nearly Anything to Call My Dad Again

Love Like This Never Really Leaves

I Waited My Whole Childhood for a Dad

Grandpa to the Rescue

Get It Now

So God Made a Mother