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Raising Kids Without My Mom is So Much Harder Than I Expected

It’s a long winter afternoon, and I have nowhere to be. I bundle up and, despite the hassle of going anywhere with a toddler and a baby, we head…

I’ve been thinking a lot about death lately. Death and grief and the impending doom of losing my mom. (Yeah, I know. I’m super fun these days.)…

I will never know what it’s like to see my mom’s car pull up to my house. I will never know what it’s like to group text with my mom and my…

My 4-year-old was recently trying to grasp why daddy had produced her a grandma but mommy hadn’t. We were in the van, just us two after having…

We sat watching the line of kids—and our daughters’ chubby little fingers—“play” the piano. My friend smiled affectionately at the group…

To the friend who just lost a parent: I see you there, sunglasses pulled down over your eyes covering the emotion that leaks from behind them. I ask…

Thank you for your love and your support. I see you and it means a lot. Your efforts to help me maneuver through this new life are appreciated. I’m…

To the young adults out there who have lost parents, this one is for you. You experienced a great loss and you’re still so young with so much…

My mom was told she had breast cancer five years ago. Actually, I was told, because I answered her phone and told the nurse on the other end that I…