I Still Feel My Mom Everywhere in My Childhood Home
I spent the past week at my parents’ house helping my dad recover from his hip replacement surgery. While I…
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I spent the past week at my parents’ house helping my dad recover from his hip replacement surgery. While I…
Continue ReadingThere are a lot of mother-daughter memories I never had the chance to make with my mom. Memories that have…
Continue ReadingSweet girl, When I found out I was pregnant, I knew you were a girl. I could feel it in…
Continue ReadingI watched as you were barely hanging on. I watched as you had one foot in Heaven. I watched as…
Continue ReadingI don’t want to get married. After living alone for so many years, I can't fathom the concept of having…
Continue ReadingWho were you before? Back then? Before the lines, before the aches, before time took your strength away? Who were…
Continue ReadingShe held the title of mother. She held the responsibility of friend, caretaker, referee, chauffeur, and all the other duties…
Continue ReadingI am not the mother I thought I'd be. I was going to bring fun and magic to every moment.…
Continue ReadingI lie in bed and close my eyes. I wait. I know it will find me eventually. It always does. …
Continue ReadingIt was a beautiful sunny day, perfect for a cemetery visit with my mother. It was empty and calm. The…
Continue ReadingI’m not sure what caused the explosion. All I remember is bear-hugging my 7-year-old in the bathroom praying he wouldn’t…
Continue ReadingTo the mother who can kiss all of her children goodnight. To the one who will get to watch her…
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