Nothing Prepares You For Life Without Your Mom
I had six weeks to prepare for my mother’s death. That’s 42 days or 1,008 hours, depending on how you…
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I had six weeks to prepare for my mother’s death. That’s 42 days or 1,008 hours, depending on how you…
Continue ReadingDear Mom, I never realized how much you loved us until I had children of my own. I never knew…
Continue Reading"We should have went yesterday," my son said through a mouthful of granola this morning. "Gone," I automatically corrected, throwing…
Continue ReadingSo, today was career day at my children's school. I love spirit days—they always give me a chance to frantically…
Continue ReadingMy day will look different from yours tomorrow. Tomorrow you will wake up and your mom will still be here.…
Continue ReadingTo a girl, her mom is her first best friend. The person who teaches her what a woman should be.…
Continue ReadingI have often heard stories of how when women become mothers, it strengthens the bond with their own moms. They…
Continue ReadingI'm pretty sure Katy Lynn McDonald is smirking in her obituary photo. And after reading the words printed alongside her…
Continue ReadingThere are days I still feel like the 11-year-old girl whose dreams were shattered by the person who held my…
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 ReadingA year ago, I was sitting in my parents’ family room reeling from the shock of what had happened hours…
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