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Cancer, Grief
December 13, 2019
6 Minute Read

Getting Through the Holidays as a Motherless Daughter

Before my mother died but when she was very sick, I was dropping my son off at daycare. When we arrived, there was another little boy who had just…

Grief
December 12, 2019
2 Minute Read

I See My Mother in the Mirror

My nose. I’ve always hated my nose. Let’s be honest, I’ve hated a lot of my body over the years. Looking in the mirror, forced to stare at all…

Grief
December 5, 2019
3 Minute Read

Dear Grandparents, All Kids Want For Christmas is You

I didn’t mean to cry. It just happened. I wiped furiously at my hot cheeks, hoping my eye makeup hadn’t smeared, and wondering if anyone…

Grief
November 21, 2019
3 Minute Read

Did My Mom Know How Much I Loved Her?

She’s gone. You ache for her, but you will no longer be blessed by her presence. She’s dead, and a piece of you is dead, too. She slipped away…

Grief
November 20, 2019
3 Minute Read

No Amount of Time Will Fix the Fact That My Mom Isn’t Here

Tomorrow is going to be seven years since my mom has been gone. Saying that out loud seems so surreal sometimes. How can it be that seven years can…

Grief
November 12, 2019
9 Minute Read

Dear Mom, You’re Gone So a Part of Me is, Too

On April 25, 2018, my world imploded and I’m still living in the aftershock. Every day since has felt like blindly wandering through ash and…

Grief
November 11, 2019
3 Minute Read

I Miss My Mom’s Laugh the Most

I was 25 when my mom passed away from metastatic breast cancer. Watching her slowly slip away right before my eyes is the hardest thing I’ve…

Grief
October 28, 2019
4 Minute Read

The First One at the Casket

The day my mother died, everything changed. My mind became a complex mess of the heartbreaking reality of her death and delusions that I’d wake up…

Grief
October 26, 2019
4 Minute Read

Losing Your Mom Will Change You In Ways You Never Imagined

Losing your mom will wreck you. It breaks you and changes you in ways you never could have imagined. You’ll find yourself keeping her a secret…

Grief
October 24, 2019
2 Minute Read

You Get to Ask Your Mom; I Have to Ask Google

The smallest thing I believe people who still have their moms take for granted is the ability to ask them anything, anytime. I mean the important…

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Getting Through the Holidays as a Motherless Daughter

I See My Mother in the Mirror

Dear Grandparents, All Kids Want For Christmas is You

Did My Mom Know How Much I Loved Her?

No Amount of Time Will Fix the Fact That My Mom Isn’t Here

Dear Mom, You’re Gone So a Part of Me is, Too

I Miss My Mom’s Laugh the Most

The First One at the Casket

Losing Your Mom Will Change You In Ways You Never Imagined

You Get to Ask Your Mom; I Have to Ask Google

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