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Living
April 2, 2020
4 Minute Read

When Will I Get To Hug My Family Again?

I’m no stranger to feeling the sting of living cross country from my parents and sisters. But these past weeks? It’s been different. Usually,…

Kids
March 30, 2020
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Stay Home For the Ones Who’d Give Anything To Hold Their Grandbabies

This is not normal. This is not fun. This is actually the worst feeling ever, but I know this is temporary. Today, my dad walked over four miles to…

Grief
March 8, 2020
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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 17, 2020
6 Minute Read

I’d Give Anything For One More Day With My Grandparents

1942, Valentine’s Day: my grandparents were married. Having both grown up in difficult situations, I always thought it was so sweet that they…

Living
February 8, 2020
3 Minute Read

Dear Grandma, I’ll Remember For You

I took this picture because I wanted to remember. I wanted to remember the way my grandma’s hand felt under mine, her soft skin wrinkled from years…

Grief
December 30, 2019
2 Minute Read

Another Year Without You in it Hurts

A new year is starting soon, a year likely to be filled with more milestone birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, summer trips . . . all without…

Kids
December 10, 2019
3 Minute Read

Let Their Grandparents Spoil Them This Christmas

Red and green wrapping paper covers family room floors of spoiled children on Christmas Eve and morning. The parents get out screwdrivers to open the…

Grief
December 5, 2019
3 Minute Read

Dear Grandparents, All Kids Want For Christmas is You

I didn’t mean to cry. It just happened. I wiped furiously at my hot cheeks, hoping my eye makeup hadn’t smeared, and wondering if anyone…

Grief
October 22, 2019
4 Minute Read

We Buried Our Son and Welcomed Our First Grandchild

I honestly don’t know where we be in our journey without the gift of our first grandchild. My husband and I have been married for 30 years and we…

Grown Children, Living
September 8, 2019
4 Minute Read

Thanks For Everything, Grandma and Grandpa

Grandma and Grandpa, Thanks for showing me what it means to be committed in marriage. You stuck together through the thick and thin; 60+ years is no…

grandparents

When Will I Get To Hug My Family Again?

Stay Home For the Ones Who’d Give Anything To Hold Their Grandbabies

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

I’d Give Anything For One More Day With My Grandparents

Dear Grandma, I’ll Remember For You

Another Year Without You in it Hurts

Let Their Grandparents Spoil Them This Christmas

Dear Grandparents, All Kids Want For Christmas is You

We Buried Our Son and Welcomed Our First Grandchild

Thanks For Everything, Grandma and Grandpa

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