On Being Motherless On Mother’s Day
My mother passed away in 2007, in the middle of the night and unexpectedly. She died five months before my wedding. She passed away when …
Posts in category Grief
On Motherhood, Grief, And Bathtime
When I was a little girl, I constantly played mommy. I took my babies with me everywhere. I dutifully changed their diapers, fed them bottles, …
{Book Review} Sunshine After The Storm: A Surviving Guide For The Grieving Mother
A year ago this month, we lost a baby to a very early miscarriage. It was such an early loss, my medical records don’t record …
{Big Girl Panties} Grief Comes In Waves
I am writing this at 6:00 am on a Sunday morning. The baby’s swing is humming in the background and the cat is trolling for …
And Time Marched On
Six years ago tomorrow, my world stopped. A phone call in the middle of the night turned my world on it’s axis. I should have …
You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.
It started the way it always does- with a phone call and the words “are you sitting down?” Immediately my mind started to race with …