Growing Slowly around the Grief of Losing Your Mom
Everyone has heard about the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Society often assumes the stages…
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Everyone has heard about the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Society often assumes the stages…
Continue ReadingI cried in church this morning. It wasn’t the beautiful hymns sung by the angelic choir. It wasn’t the poignant…
Continue ReadingIt’s been 14 years since she left. It’s like a lifetime ago and yesterday at the same time. The loss…
Continue ReadingThe other day someone asked me how my grief has changed over the years since losing a parent at such…
Continue ReadingI have always struggled to make and keep friends. This struggle has only become more pronounced in adulthood as everyone…
Continue ReadingI had a dream about my mom last night. It’s rare when this happens but last night's dream was unlike…
Continue ReadingWhat’s the one thing I wish I did before my mom died? Take more photos. But no, I assumed I’d…
Continue ReadingEach phase of life since my mom died has brought different struggles, triumphs, and varieties of emotion. I always knew…
Continue ReadingToday is my birthday. I’ve had 42 of them since the last one I celebrated with my mom. She died…
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