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…
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My 4-year-old was recently trying to grasp why daddy had produced her a grandma but mommy hadn’t. We were in…
Continue ReadingGrief is a journey—not a place. It’s a heartbreaking adventure. A sad chapter in the book. Grief is debilitating days…
Continue ReadingA tragedy happened. Your heart was broken. Maybe it was betrayal or rejection. Grief or loss. Something happened and you…
Continue ReadingI stared at the ceiling in the dark emergency room with as much strength as I could muster. I knew…
Continue ReadingMy day will look different from yours tomorrow. Tomorrow you will wake up and your mom will still be here.…
Continue ReadingIn July 2014, our 25-year-old son Ryan (my stepson) was killed when the gas can he was using to light…
Continue ReadingIt's every parent's worst nightmare: the death of a child and the impenetrable grief accompanying such a horrific loss. Grammy…
Continue ReadingIn the 1980s and 1990s, my mom and dad were my Sunday school teachers at different and repeated times throughout…
Continue ReadingA new year is starting soon, a year likely to be filled with more milestone birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, summer trips…
Continue ReadingIt wasn’t the hospital. It was a room in my sister’s house. A room where you would spend your final…
Continue ReadingI woke up this morning missing her. A lot. There was no reason. Nothing triggered it. Today is not a…
Continue ReadingMy husband recently told me he doesn’t remember what I was like before my mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I…
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