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Grief
March 8, 2020
4 Minute Read

I Wonder What it Would Be Like if You Were Still Here

I stopped in to say hello. The tears flowed from my eyes the moment I knelt down on the grass. They came so fast and so quick I didn’t even realize…

Grief
February 22, 2020
5 Minute Read

You Can’t Outrun the Grief of Losing a Parent

I’ve been thinking a lot about death lately. Death and grief and the impending doom of losing my mom. (Yeah, I know. I’m super fun these days.)…

Grief
November 12, 2019
9 Minute Read

Dear Mom, You’re Gone So a Part of Me is, Too

On April 25, 2018, my world imploded and I’m still living in the aftershock. Every day since has felt like blindly wandering through ash and…

Kids, Motherhood
November 9, 2019
3 Minute Read

“Mama…I’m Scared”

SUDEP. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. SUDEP killed Disney Channel star Cameron Boyce and brought “the unspoken” into my home. We were at…

Grief
November 7, 2019
6 Minute Read

Sackcloth and Ashes: When Grief is Messy

EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS POST DISCUSSES SUICIDE I didn’t truly understand the intensity of grief until I lost my husband, Eric. Head knowledge and…

Grief
October 29, 2019
3 Minute Read

Nothing Makes You Appreciate Life More Than Death

Nothing makes you appreciate life more than death. I was still reeling from the loss of my dad when one of my closest friends passed away. I still…

Grief
October 8, 2019
3 Minute Read

Another Year Has Come and Gone, But I’ll Never Stop Missing You

It’s been six years to the day since we lost you. In fact, in the time it will take me to write this, the exact second on the clock when you took…

Kids, Motherhood
September 10, 2019
4 Minute Read

44 is Too Young For a Mother to Die

We sat watching the line of kids—and our daughters’ chubby little fingers—“play” the piano. My friend smiled affectionately at the group…

Grief, Loss
August 25, 2019
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5 Minute Read

Please Don’t Leave Me Alone With My Grief

Cards. Meals. Visits. Gifts. Day after day these things arrived at my door right after my husband died leaving me with a newborn and twin toddlers. I…

Grief
August 22, 2019
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3 Minute Read

To the Friend Who Just Lost a Parent: You’ll Never Get Over This, But You Will Get Through It

To the friend who just lost a parent: I see you there, sunglasses pulled down over your eyes covering the emotion that leaks from behind them. I ask…