To the Friend Who Just Lost a Parent: It’s Going to Hurt and You’re Going to Grow
Oh, the inevitable, as we age into our mid to late 30s and beyond. The natural series of life states…
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Oh, the inevitable, as we age into our mid to late 30s and beyond. The natural series of life states…
Continue ReadingI was online, searching old Amazon orders for a part we’d bought for our 1998 Buick Regal. The car was…
Continue ReadingFirsts are monumental. Inaugural. Annual. They say you always remember the milestones, the annuals, the inaugurals. You were there for…
Continue ReadingI went to call you last night. I was sitting in my room, watching grown men play a child’s game.…
Continue ReadingLast weekend, we celebrated my mother-in-law's 80th birthday. It was a joyous occasion honoring a remarkable woman. It was also…
Continue ReadingIt’s a long winter afternoon, and I have nowhere to be. I bundle up and, despite the hassle of going…
Continue ReadingI’ve been thinking a lot about death lately. Death and grief and the impending doom of losing my mom. (Yeah,…
Continue ReadingI will never know what it’s like to see my mom’s car pull up to my house. I will never…
Continue ReadingMy 4-year-old was recently trying to grasp why daddy had produced her a grandma but mommy hadn’t. We were in…
Continue ReadingWe sat watching the line of kids—and our daughters’ chubby little fingers—“play” the piano. My friend smiled affectionately at the…
Continue ReadingTo the friend who just lost a parent: I see you there, sunglasses pulled down over your eyes covering the…
Continue ReadingThank you for your love and your support. I see you and it means a lot. Your efforts to help…
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