Dear Mom, You Are the Picture of Devotion
I hope someday I will be as devoted a grandma as my mom is. It is hard to put into…
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I hope someday I will be as devoted a grandma as my mom is. It is hard to put into…
Continue ReadingDear Connie, How could we know as we stood on Makena Beach in Maui, watching Adam and Debby smile as…
Continue ReadingGrief is really hard. You can have days of feeling absolutely fine, then suddenly, it’s the middle of the day…
Continue ReadingSome children are blessed with the very best grandmothers who seem to shine as bright as the heavens. Mine were…
Continue ReadingThree red envelopes fan in my palm, waiting. I already know what they contain and I'm accustomed to it by…
Continue ReadingHere's where it started: Several years ago, Mom and Dad delivered monthly meals to our home for ONE FULL YEAR.…
Continue ReadingI take my children to the cemetery every summer to celebrate my mother’s birthday. The first time I did this,…
Continue ReadingYears ago, when my husband and I were first getting to know one another, he said to me, “Awara, if…
Continue ReadingI wish I had asked more questions. My grandmother passed away just months before my first child was born. She…
Continue ReadingAfter seven hours in the car with three young kids, my husband and I sighed in relief as we parked…
Continue ReadingTonight, I made “Gammy’s Chicken Casserole” for dinner. It’s my favorite comfort food, and I really needed comfort food. The…
Continue ReadingMy husband and I both grew up with one set of grandparents living across the street from us. We spent…
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