I’m Letting Go of My Toxic Mother
My mom died. She died, but I became free. For the very first time in my life, I’m not worried…
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My mom died. She died, but I became free. For the very first time in my life, I’m not worried…
Continue ReadingSitting at a McDonald’s table in Charleston, SC, I looked down at my ill-fitting shirt and shorts. Stress had taken…
Continue Reading"You'll probably still have a scar, but this works better than stitches." As the ER nurse expertly wiped the crusted…
Continue ReadingI had a dream about my mom last night. It’s rare when this happens but last night's dream was unlike…
Continue ReadingOn a special Sunday in May, many countries celebrate moms. I miss mine. Her legacy lingers long in the lives…
Continue ReadingShe patiently cleaned the chocolate ice cream off my shirt the first day we met, even as I vehemently asserted,…
Continue ReadingYou think it’s going to be the big holidays that are hard. The first Thanksgiving without her. The first Christmas.…
Continue ReadingMy mom died at the age of 45. Yes, just 45. Around Mother's Day, the reality of just how young…
Continue ReadingI’ve been in this motherless daughter club for over a decade now. Most of the time, that still seems strange…
Continue ReadingThey say a mother's love is unconditional. That’s what they say at least. But my mother's love, if you’ll even…
Continue Reading“I take you for my lawful wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse,…
Continue ReadingMy eyes would tear up two minutes after my mom left from helping me recover from chemo. She came up…
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