My Mom’s Best Friend Helped Keep Her Memory Alive
Cheese toast on chilly mornings worked its way deep into my favorite childhood memories after my mom died. I remember…
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A How-To Guide To Life For the Motherless Daughter
I don't have appropriate words to describe my mother. It wasn't that she was determined because that implies an overall…
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When Your Mom Dies, There’s a Hole in Your Heart That Will Never Be Filled
I lay in bed this past Saturday reflecting on the fact that another year without my mom has passed and…
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The Last Act of Love is Hope
She didn’t look sick. She didn’t look like she was dying. She didn’t look like she was slipping to eternity…
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I Miss My Mom the Most On My Birthday
Today is my birthday. I’ve had 42 of them since the last one I celebrated with my mom. She died…
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Thanks For Sending Me Signs From Heaven, Mom
"Mom, where are you?" I find myself saying this over and over. It's not like I don't know where she…
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I Miss My Mom, But I’m Glad She’s No Longer Suffering
My mom suffered from Alzheimer’s disease for 10 years. She was bedbound for the last two months of her life.…
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When You Become a Mom, You Want Your Own—But Sometimes She’s in Heaven
The person you need the most when you become a mom is your own mom. You need the person who…
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I Thought I Hated Christmas, But I Just Needed To Stop Hiding My Grief
Last night I put up my Christmas tree and cried. It happens every year. Well, at least every year since…
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My Mom’s Death Was Expected, But It Didn’t Hurt Any Less
How many times have you heard someone say, “My loved one died. Well, she was sick and we knew it…
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