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Grief, Loss
September 9, 2019
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My Mom Left Me Everything When She Went to Heaven

I often worry my mom felt like she didn’t leave us with much when she left for Heaven. She apologized often about how she wished she had more to…

Grief, Loss
September 1, 2019
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4 Minute Read

Living Without My Dad Never Gets Easier

This is my first year living without you. I knew it would be hard, but I didn’t know it would be this hard. I didn’t know I would break down…

Grief, Kids, Motherhood
August 27, 2019
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Let the Grandparents Spoil While They Still Can

Today my children visited their grandmother, or as we call her Memeré (French for Grandma). It wasn’t like most visits with a grandparent. This…

Grief, Loss
August 19, 2019
2.8K Views
3 Minute Read

5 Things That Happen When Your Mom Dies

It seems as though I’m in good company in the Motherless Daughters Club these days. While it’s hard to watch friends lose their moms (and dads)…

Grief, Kids
July 21, 2019
154 Views
3 Minute Read

We Won’t Conquer Grief, But We Will Learn to Live With it

The second day of summer break started out as a typical day. Sunny skies, which meant a walk around the neighborhood. Usually, these walks involve…

Grief
May 30, 2019
146 Views
7 Minute Read

My Mom is Dying

I’ll never forget the first time my mom looked at me and didn’t know who I was. The mall was ridiculously crowded that day, the way it usually is…

Faith, Grief, Loss
May 27, 2019
225 Views
3 Minute Read

Now That You’ve Touched Eternity

I think of you when the clouds turn grey and swell, when the rain and my tears mix softening the sting of salt on my cheeks. I think of you when I…

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
May 12, 2019
67 Views
4 Minute Read

To Motherless Daughters Dreading Mother’s Day

It was the phone call that would change my life. “Honey, it’s not good news. It’s cancer.” For five years, cancer ravaged my…

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
May 8, 2019
574 Views
3 Minute Read

Mother’s Day Looks Different When Your Mom is in Heaven

Mother’s Day after your mom dies looks different. Mother’s Day looks like dodging the card aisle because you just can’t bring yourself…

Grief, Loss
April 15, 2019
797 Views
4 Minute Read

As You Go On Living Life Without the One Who Gave it to You

My dear, beautiful friend, I remember the day I received the news; the way my heart pounded and my eyes filled with tears as the enormity of your…

death of a parent

My Mom Left Me Everything When She Went to Heaven

Living Without My Dad Never Gets Easier

Let the Grandparents Spoil While They Still Can

5 Things That Happen When Your Mom Dies

We Won’t Conquer Grief, But We Will Learn to Live With it

My Mom is Dying

Now That You’ve Touched Eternity

To Motherless Daughters Dreading Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day Looks Different When Your Mom is in Heaven

As You Go On Living Life Without the One Who Gave it to You

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