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To the Friend Who Just Lost a Parent: It’s Going to Hurt and You’re Going to Grow

Grief, Grown Children, Loss
March 20, 2023
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By Meg Sexton

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…

Grief, Living, Motherhood
January 31, 2023
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By Michelle Goering

Loving Mom (Thanks, Amazon)

I was online, searching old Amazon orders for a part we’d bought for our 1998 Buick Regal. The car was…

Mom, You Were There for All My Firsts…Except This One

Grief
June 8, 2022
683 Views
4 Minute Read

By Johanna Horn

Mom, You Were There for All My Firsts…Except This One

Firsts are monumental. Inaugural. Annual. They say you always remember the milestones, the annuals, the inaugurals. You were there for…

Grief, Grown Children
May 31, 2022
865 Views
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By Beth Bate-DuBoff

I Wanted to Call You Last Night, Dad

I went to call you last night. I was sitting in my room, watching grown men play a child’s game.…

Moments Become Memories When You’ve Lost a Parent

Grief, Grown Children, Loss
April 10, 2022
990 Views
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By Lori Jarrett

Moments Become Memories When You’ve Lost a Parent

Last weekend, we celebrated my mother-in-law's 80th birthday. It was a joyous occasion honoring a remarkable woman. It was also…

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

Grief, Motherhood
March 1, 2020
10.3K Views
7 Minute Read

By Liz Curtis Faria

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…

You Can’t Outrun the Grief of Losing a Parent

Grief
February 22, 2020
1.9K Views
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By Lauren Dykovitz

You Can’t Outrun the Grief of Losing a Parent

I’ve been thinking a lot about death lately. Death and grief and the impending doom of losing my mom. (Yeah,…

My Mom May Be Dying, But She Will Never Leave Me

Grief
January 23, 2020
1.8K Views
3 Minute Read

By Lauren Dykovitz

My Mom May Be Dying, But She Will Never Leave Me

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

Grief
January 21, 2020
3.8K Views
7 Minute Read

By Tricia Arthur

I Am the Keeper of My Mother’s Legacy

My 4-year-old was recently trying to grasp why daddy had produced her a grandma but mommy hadn’t. We were in…

Kids, Motherhood
September 10, 2019
1K Views
4 Minute Read

By Zina Harrington

44 is Too Young For a Mother to Die

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

To the Friend Who Just Lost a Parent: You’ll Never Get Over This, But You Will Get Through It

Grief
August 22, 2019
9.1K Views
3 Minute Read

By Casey Huff

To the Friend Who Just Lost a Parent: You’ll Never Get Over This, But You Will Get Through It

To the friend who just lost a parent: I see you there, sunglasses pulled down over your eyes covering the…

Dear Friend, I Will Be Here When Grief Comes Knocking

Friendship, Grief
August 10, 2019
1.9K Views
3 Minute Read

By Chelsea Ohlemiller

Dear Friend, I Will Be Here When Grief Comes Knocking

Thank you for your love and your support. I see you and it means a lot. Your efforts to help…

losing a parent

To the Friend Who Just Lost a Parent: It’s Going to Hurt and You’re Going to Grow

Loving Mom (Thanks, Amazon)

Mom, You Were There for All My Firsts…Except This One

I Wanted to Call You Last Night, Dad

Moments Become Memories When You’ve Lost a Parent

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

You Can’t Outrun the Grief of Losing a Parent

My Mom May Be Dying, But She Will Never Leave Me

I Am the Keeper of My Mother’s Legacy

44 is Too Young For a Mother to Die

To the Friend Who Just Lost a Parent: You’ll Never Get Over This, But You Will Get Through It

Dear Friend, I Will Be Here When Grief Comes Knocking

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