We Don’t Take Thanksgiving—Or Mom—For Granted Anymore
Five days after my mom’s chemo, my brother, Deno, flew home to Michigan. We were going to celebrate an early…
Continue ReadingA Gift for Mom! 🤍
Tag
Five days after my mom’s chemo, my brother, Deno, flew home to Michigan. We were going to celebrate an early…
Continue ReadingLast night I found myself in a very hard spot of parenting. I felt overwhelmed and defeated. I had been…
Continue ReadingWhen we were growing up, every time we kids asked our mom what she wanted for Christmas, her standard reply…
Continue ReadingTomorrow is going to be seven years since my mom has been gone. Saying that out loud seems so surreal…
Continue ReadingIt’s a bizarre thing to mother your mother. I constantly worry if she is sad, if she feels lonely, and…
Continue ReadingSomeday I’ll be all me again. Someday I’ll start to read grown up books that interest and challenge me instead…
Continue ReadingOn April 25, 2018, my world imploded and I’m still living in the aftershock. Every day since has felt like…
Continue ReadingShe's an introvert. I'm an extrovert. She has an angelic singing voice. Dogs run when I sing. She loves eggplant.…
Continue ReadingAs if it weren't enough to see all the perfectly together looking moms on Facebook and Instagram, there is now…
Continue ReadingI told my husband to do something the other day and he looked right at me and said, “I had…
Continue ReadingMy mom could have died when I was 25, but she didn’t. She was, however, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, which…
Continue ReadingIt’s the end of the day, and we are both tired. We are both needing our time to unwind from…
Continue Reading