“A speaker came to the rehab. I asked him, ‘I just want to know, why me?’ His answer was simple: ‘Even if you had the answer, it wouldn’t change anything. Don’t spend your time looking for the answer, spend your time on the solution.’ That simple exchange changed my entire outlook. From that day forward, I was only interested in getting well.”
‘If breaking the generational curse is my sole purpose in this life, the only gift I leave behind, I am satisfied.’: Woman shares brave journey from trauma, grief, and alcoholism to sobriety
‘I was so scared I would forever be alone and lost.’: Man shares journey to healing after loss of mother
“The fight is strong, but letting go and healing is so much stronger.”
‘Is my mom ok? Will I ever get to live with her again?’: Woman shares mother’s alcohol addiction, experience in foster care
“Confused and worried, I didn’t understand why she couldn’t just stop drinking. In fact, I posed that question to her. She said, ‘It doesn’t work like that,’ and took another sip.”
‘The last thing he said to me was in a text hours before he passed. ‘Goodnight sweet princess.’: Daughter shares grief journey after sudden loss of father
“The restaurant’s phone rang, and I answered the way I would any other call, ‘Thank you for calling Pizza Nea, how can I help you?’ My mother on the other end answered with one word, ‘Emily…’ The tone of the word alone—my name—sent the blood out of my face.”
‘I’m grieving for three. And some days, it’s all consuming.’: Young widow shares grief journey in wake of husband’s passing
“I grieve for Joe just as much as I grieve about him—for the moments, the feelings, the experiences he won’t have here. And then I grieve for Vienna, who will not have a single memory of her dad.”
‘Wait, no, I take it back. I want him back.’ My mom was gone, and my dad just joined her.’: Daughter candidly shares two-parent grief journey
“Losing one parent is terrible, yes. Horrible, devastating, one of the hardest things I have ever had to go through. But no one prepares you for losing two.”
I Made It Through The Holidays Without My Mom This Year, But Mother’s Day Is Bringing Up A Whole New Whirl Of Emotions
“I know, just like all the other holidays, I will make it through. But unexpectedly, I think this has been the toughest one yet.”
I Became An Adult The Day My Mother Died
“It wasn’t the day I got my driver’s license. It wasn’t the day I got married or had children. Maturity found me as heartbreak did.”
‘My beautiful baby, I don’t know why I had to leave you so soon.’: Woman’s touching letter to children who have lost their mother
“I do know this… You are my legacy. You are the very best part of me.”
‘Every year, I feel an ache of loss by the early display of Mother’s Day cards.’: Motherless daughter battling infertility urges ‘celebrate the women who don’t fit the traditional card’
“As Mother’s Day approaches, I invite you to take a moment to re-imagine the traditional hallmark holiday.”
