Finding the Humor in Grief
Sometimes the ludicrousness of the sentence, “My child had cancer and died,” has to bring humor in order for me…
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Sometimes the ludicrousness of the sentence, “My child had cancer and died,” has to bring humor in order for me…
Continue ReadingA few months after my husband died, I was scrolling through Facebook and kept seeing this quote that a number…
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 ReadingMy middle child, Austin, is not the extrovert like his older sister and younger brother. Though he doesn’t hide from…
Continue Reading“I think we should leave,” I whispered to my husband through clenched teeth as my two-year old daughter, Hailey, wailed…
Continue ReadingIt’s been a long time since I wore three-inch heels. They sit in my closet, beautifully shiny and begging me…
Continue ReadingI'm sitting here staring at the two lines—the two lines that are about to change our lives forever. The two…
Continue ReadingDear Brenda, I have never had the pleasure of being able to meet you, yet I feel like I’ve known…
Continue ReadingDear grief, I won’t even try to pretend you haven’t changed me. We met four years ago now, and I…
Continue ReadingThe table was set, one celebratory cupcake with sprinkles and two simple, white memorial candles. As our daughter hoists herself…
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