One Day I Smiled Again
I remember thinking I’d never laugh again. I remember thinking I’d never smile again or breathe without heartbreak and pain. …
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Alzheimer’s Took My Mother’s Life. A Pandemic Stole Her Funeral.
If you were only allowed to have ten people at your mother’s funeral, who would you pick? How would you…
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I Lost My Mom and I Couldn’t Say Goodbye
The world as we know it has changed. Masks are the norm, contact is not. Businesses are closing, restaurants are…
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What Will Life Be Like Without My Dad?
“How are you doing?” friends ask with sympathy in their eyes. I give a standard reply because I don’t even…
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To the Bride Whose Parents Are Watching From Heaven
It will easily be one of the hardest days of your life. And nothing will be able to change that.…
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My Daddy Waits For Me in Heaven
This year, there will be no Father’s Day card or phone call. There will only be loving words, mumbled through…
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The Grey Sweater
Folding the laundry gets me down sometimes. It’s a mindless activity, really. My brain runs on autopilot as it remembers…
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Sometimes I Find Myself Lost in That Last Goodbye
Sometimes I have to remind myself to breathe. I have to take myself out of that moment. The one from…
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The Cemetery Fills Me With Comfort and Sorrow
It’s a beautiful day. The sun is shining with such intensity I find myself squinting. Every time I venture to…
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A Funeral Luncheon For 120
There were lots of things I didn’t help with when my dad died in June of 2017. I have acute…
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