Sometimes I Find Myself Lost in That Last Goodbye
Sometimes I have to remind myself to breathe. I have to take myself out of that moment. The one from…
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Sometimes I have to remind myself to breathe. I have to take myself out of that moment. The one from…
Continue ReadingThere is a dish from my childhood that sings my name when I feel sad. It wraps me up in…
Continue ReadingI wake up in a cold sweat. Ugh, I did it again. She came back to me, and all I…
Continue ReadingI grew up one of four kids in a middle-class family. I shared a room with my two sisters and…
Continue ReadingTo the mother who paces the house at 2 a.m. with a screaming infant. Who spends hours upon hours Googling…
Continue ReadingWe had been putting it off all morning. The rain lightly fell as my brother, dad, and I quietly sat…
Continue ReadingI wrote this letter to my own mama, who died far too soon and far too painfully. But I can’t…
Continue ReadingIt starts with the commercials—images of smiling families, pampered moms, jewelry, flowers, and lots and lots of love. Then you…
Continue ReadingOnce during a rare solo shopping trip to TJ Maxx, I came across a small sign that read, "Home is…
Continue ReadingDear Mom, Becoming a mother has brought me back to you in a way I didn’t know was possible. After…
Continue ReadingThank you, Mom, for all the things. I get it now. Finally, I get it. Growing up, I knew how…
Continue ReadingThere has been a lot going on lately. Big changes. Big steps. Big, important, things. In between all of the…
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