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Grief makes us uncomfortable. Being face to face with someone else’s intense sadness is really hard. In my life, people feel doubly awkward because…

Dear hurting heart, I don’t know where you find yourself as you read this, but I know grief and heartache can feel completely consuming. It can…

I used to be someone who said, “God doesn’t give you more than you can handle.” That was before I had faced any hardships in my…

I know you don’t want to be here. None of us do. The membership fees are high. The highest, in fact. To belong to this club, you must lose a child.…

Five weeks after my daughter Dorothy died, my nephew was born. I remember going to our weekly therapy session and sharing this news with our…

Today I will be reliving the most horrible night of my life. Honestly, it plays over and over in my head many times throughout the year, but today I…

Sometimes the ludicrousness of the sentence, “My child had cancer and died,” has to bring humor in order for me to not go insane. A few weeks ago…

My middle child, Austin, is not the extrovert like his older sister and younger brother. Though he doesn’t hide from a crowd, he’s most happy at…

Dear grief, I won’t even try to pretend you haven’t changed me. We met four years ago now, and I have never been the same. You showed up the…

I’m still grieving. Yes, still. I made it until almost lunchtime today before I was forced stop, and consciously think about it. My…