I Ached For the Love of a Father
I found myself melted into a heap of sorrow on my bedroom floor. There I was curled tightly into a…
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I found myself melted into a heap of sorrow on my bedroom floor. There I was curled tightly into a…
Continue ReadingMy dad is dead. I’ve repeated these words to myself hundreds of times in the days since his passing, but…
Continue ReadingThe holidays can break your heart when you’re missing someone you love. People often talk about the year of firsts…
Continue ReadingTwenty-five years ago, I was a 4th grade book nerd who said goodbye to a dad dying early and to…
Continue ReadingI remember the day I truly learned what my dad did for a living. I was 14, and he took…
Continue Reading“How are you doing?” friends ask with sympathy in their eyes. I give a standard reply because I don’t even…
Continue ReadingLast year, I had an abnormal mammogram that resulted in a diagnostic mammogram, ultrasound, and eventually a biopsy. For a…
Continue ReadingMy mom just brought my dad’s ashes home. He is finally home . . . just not how we thought…
Continue ReadingA few weeks ago, I visited my daddy’s grave for the first time since he passed over three years ago.…
Continue ReadingI looked down at my phone the other day to call my mom and glanced at my recent calls and…
Continue ReadingThis year, there will be no Father’s Day card or phone call. There will only be loving words, mumbled through…
Continue ReadingIt's often thought that mothers are the glue that holds their families together. That without them things would fall apart.…
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