To the One Cooking Alone This Holiday Season
I remember when the holidays were loud. Cousins chasing each other, siblings telling stories, parents reminiscing. My dad would aggravate…
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I remember when the holidays were loud. Cousins chasing each other, siblings telling stories, parents reminiscing. My dad would aggravate…
Continue ReadingShe’s the woman standing ready to take her diploma. The one she received with honors and the one with an…
Continue ReadingGod, I’m leaning in. I’m leaning into this grief. I’m leaning in to this valley. I’m going to need You…
Continue ReadingI am 1 in 4. In May, I had a miscarriage. I started bleeding over the holiday weekend. I made…
Continue ReadingOctober was child loss awareness month. I realize this each year when I start seeing posts about it on social…
Continue ReadingSomeday I’ll tell them . . . The babies my arms have never carried, though my heart always will. Someday…
Continue ReadingI often wonder if you will remember your sister. You used to hold her and sing lullabies or whatever sweet…
Continue ReadingShe looks at me and says, “It looks like you’ve bounced back. You look great.” Instinct nearly has me rolling…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 was declared a pandemic on March 11th, 2020. On March 12, I saw your heartbeat. I listened to the…
Continue ReadingAuthor's note: I understand it is early to be sharing with the world such a traumatic experience. My husband and…
Continue ReadingIf I don’t write it all down, will I forget? Will there come a day when I no longer remember…
Continue ReadingI didn’t think I could go to Paris with my husband and two children, Lizzie and Zack. We’d dreamed about…
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