Call Your Mom for Those of Us Who Can’t
I never pictured myself without my mama at only 26 years old. I never saw a life when I couldn’t…
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I never pictured myself without my mama at only 26 years old. I never saw a life when I couldn’t…
Continue ReadingI woke up and saw a missed call from the hospital. I called her room, no answer. I called the…
Continue ReadingShe left this world with an endless faith while mine became broken and shattered. She taught me to believe in…
Continue ReadingNo one is really ever prepared for loss. Moreover, there is no tutorial on all that comes with it. Whether…
Continue ReadingFor the last sixteen months of her life, I was one of my mother’s primary caregivers, and now that she’s…
Continue ReadingIn February, you will have been gone a year. How is that right? It was just yesterday. I still remember…
Continue ReadingThree weeks before Easter, my family and I stood in the hallway talking to a team of doctors whom we…
Continue ReadingEveryone has heard about the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Society often assumes the stages…
Continue ReadingMy daughter wobbled toward me in silver, square-toed go-go boots, one heel dislodged and flopping against our hallway’s faux wood…
Continue ReadingI’m not ready. Not ready for time to just keep trudging forward without her. Four years have gone by, and…
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…
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