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…
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The day my mother died, everything changed. My mind became a complex mess of the heartbreaking reality of her death…
Continue ReadingMy mom could have died when I was 25, but she didn’t. She was, however, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, which…
Continue ReadingLosing your mom will wreck you. It breaks you and changes you in ways you never could have imagined. You’ll…
Continue ReadingI remember like it was yesterday: our little boombox radio blasting music as we danced. Her hair bouncing as she…
Continue ReadingEleven years . . . a little over a decade we have been without her. Eleven years of not seeing…
Continue ReadingWe live in this society where people are afraid of grief. People are so uncomfortable with talking about their emotions,…
Continue ReadingWhen I tell someone my mom has Alzheimer’s, the first thing they usually ask is, “Does she know who you…
Continue ReadingI started writing my mom’s eulogy the other day. Not on paper, but in my head. Nothing has happened. Nothing…
Continue ReadingMy daughter is only two, but like most moms, when I look at her pictures from what seems like forever…
Continue ReadingI have never gone through anything quite as bad as this. Sure, I have been through some tough stuff and…
Continue ReadingAn open letter to my momma: Dear mom, How could I ever find the words to describe how much you…
Continue ReadingYou know that super cliché saying “You don’t know what you’ve got till’ its gone”? It is true. I mean,…
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