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Don’t Stop Talking about Your Loved Ones in Heaven

Grief
October 9, 2025
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By Kalan Krueger

Don’t Stop Talking about Your Loved Ones in Heaven

I often cry when I remember him. It is common for me to tear up when he enters the conversation,…

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…

Grief
August 21, 2025
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By Divine Leonardo

I Thought about My Dad Again Today

Today, I thought about my dad—just like I do every day. There was nothing special about today. It’s not his…

Grief, Living
April 22, 2025
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By Tabitha Yates

The Brightest Star in Heaven

Some children are blessed with the very best grandmothers who seem to shine as bright as the heavens. Mine were…

Mommy, Do They Have Cell Phones In Heaven?

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
March 11, 2025
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By Louisa Vilardi

Mommy, Do They Have Cell Phones In Heaven?

I take my children to the cemetery every summer to celebrate my mother’s birthday. The first time I did this,…

Grief, Loss
December 23, 2024
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By Shari Strosser

These Firsts without My Dad Aren’t Easy

I lost my dad in March of this year, and as the year-end holidays approach, I’m beginning to angst about…

Losing an Elderly Parent after a Long Life Still Stings

Grief, Loss
August 22, 2024
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By Shari Strosser

Losing an Elderly Parent after a Long Life Still Stings

If you have lost an elderly parent, I bet people have said to you “at least he/she lived a good,…

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
August 6, 2024
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By Jessica Dickenson

Grandma Holds Our Baby in Heaven

My mom always knew things before me—she had the uncanny sixth sense to anticipate what was coming. So it shouldn’t…

Grief, Loss
July 24, 2024
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By Meg MacDuff

My Mother Will Always Be With Me

When a mother dies, people often say “she’ll always be with you” or “she’s your guardian angel now.” I even…

Faith, Grief, Living, Loss
July 23, 2024
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By Colleen C. Howard

Dad, Jesus, and a Safety Deposit Box

Although it’s been a while since my father’s death, I still miss him. He was a man of integrity, a…

Grief, Loss
May 11, 2024
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By Madison Sabados

Call Your Mom for Those of Us Who Can’t

I never pictured myself without my mama at only 26 years old. I never saw a life when I couldn’t…

Grief, Living, Loss
May 9, 2024
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By Lisa Ingrassia

Dear Cancer, I Thought We Paid Our Dues

This is not how it was supposed to be. I am most certainly not made for this. God, why are…

death of a parent

Don’t Stop Talking about Your Loved Ones in Heaven

I’ll Never Stop Looking for Signs from My Parents

I Thought about My Dad Again Today

The Brightest Star in Heaven

Mommy, Do They Have Cell Phones In Heaven?

These Firsts without My Dad Aren’t Easy

Losing an Elderly Parent after a Long Life Still Stings

Grandma Holds Our Baby in Heaven

My Mother Will Always Be With Me

Dad, Jesus, and a Safety Deposit Box

Call Your Mom for Those of Us Who Can’t

Dear Cancer, I Thought We Paid Our Dues

Get It Now

So God Made a Mother