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My Baby Was Gone and So Was I

The first time my husband and I saw our baby was during my 8-week sonogram. Time moved quickly and I was healthy, so by the second time we saw him,…

To my father-in-law: I’ll never get to meet you. Physically, that is. Maybe one day in Heaven, but here on earth, unfortunately, that time won’t…

I looked down at my phone the other day to call my mom and glanced at my recent calls and thought to myself, I should call my dad. And then I…

There she sat in the back seat, sobbing. I could tell the kind of tears that flowed down her cheek. It was grief. She missed her. My mother. Her…

This year, there will be no Father’s Day card or phone call. There will only be loving words, mumbled through tears, to the memory of my father.…

I planned a camping trip to celebrate Father’s Day with my soon-to-be husband. I will pack the truck with bikes, the kid, the works. His…

I had been walking my 1-year-old daughter Hailey in her stroller on a chilly October morning while listening to my favorite playlist. I was enjoying…

This sounds absolutely horrible. But it’s real. And it’s raw. And let’s just be honest, we probably all have some thoughts like…

Have you ever noticed how much our lives intertwine with our mothers’? Every detail, every event, every emotion, every milestone. Our mothers…

My mom was an essential, treasured part of my early motherhood. This bond took root in my own childhood as I was the grateful recipient of and…