Dear Mom, Until We Meet Again
Mom, I pray to the stars that someday, somewhere we pick up where we left off. Before the Alzheimer’s diagnosis.…
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Mom, I pray to the stars that someday, somewhere we pick up where we left off. Before the Alzheimer’s diagnosis.…
Continue ReadingWe drive by a hospital. It’s not the one my mother was in, but it still brings the same sting…
Continue ReadingIn February, you will have been gone a year. How is that right? It was just yesterday. I still remember…
Continue ReadingEveryone has heard about the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Society often assumes the stages…
Continue ReadingSince my mom died almost two years ago, my life has mostly been defined by the word "loneliness." However, in…
Continue ReadingI’m not ready. Not ready for time to just keep trudging forward without her. Four years have gone by, and…
Continue ReadingIt’s been 14 years since she left. It’s like a lifetime ago and yesterday at the same time. The loss…
Continue ReadingI prayed to see my momma die. Please don’t click away yet or judge me harshly after five seconds. I…
Continue ReadingMy dad ran off with a woman from California. When you put it like that, it sounds salacious and a…
Continue ReadingThe other day someone asked me how my grief has changed over the years since losing a parent at such…
Continue ReadingI have always struggled to make and keep friends. This struggle has only become more pronounced in adulthood as everyone…
Continue ReadingI was on my way to the dollar store as they were opening, still flush with excitement that I had…
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