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I Wish I Could Call My Dad in Heaven

I looked down at my phone the other day to call my mom and glanced at my recent calls and thought to myself, I should call my dad. And then I…

My sister called me on the phone weeks ago. She was flying from somewhere to somewhere else, chasing new dreams and new beginnings. Moving forward…

There she sat in the back seat, sobbing. I could tell the kind of tears that flowed down her cheek. It was grief. She missed her. My mother. Her…

Did you know when your child dies in the hospital, there isn’t a magical door that leads right to your bedroom where you can crawl under the covers…

This year, there will be no Father’s Day card or phone call. There will only be loving words, mumbled through tears, to the memory of my father.…

I planned a camping trip to celebrate Father’s Day with my soon-to-be husband. I will pack the truck with bikes, the kid, the works. His…

This sounds absolutely horrible. But it’s real. And it’s raw. And let’s just be honest, we probably all have some thoughts like…

Fifteen years ago there lived three best friends. Three girls who lived to be together. They had grown up together, found community with each other,…

I am a grown orphan . . . or at least that’s how it feels. I know technically the definition of an orphan is a person, specifically a child,…

In one second of twisted fate, my pregnancy ended. At 39-weeks pregnant, my baby’s heart stopped silently in my womb. Her enthusiastic kicks faded…