“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.”
- Love What Matters
- Grief
- Loss of Parent
“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.”
“I do know this… You are my legacy. You are the very best part of me.”
“As Mother’s Day approaches, I invite you to take a moment to re-imagine the traditional hallmark holiday.”
“I share my story for other Indigenous youth who are also going through intergenerational trauma.”
“I noticed a tall teenaged boy there and thought it was strange considering he looked too young to be a dad. Then it hit me.”
“It may not look like celebrating in the traditional sense, as typically that doesn’t involve cemeteries and tears, but it will be our own little version of celebrating the day.”
“No matter how many times I’ve lost her over the years, a part of her has always been with me.”
“I remember holding his big, hairy hand, rubbing his big, hairy, navy ship-tattooed forearm, his head on my chest while I rocked him as if the roles were reversed and he was my child and I was his parent.”
“During my mom’s ten-year battle with Alzheimer’s, I put my life on hold in so many ways that I stopped living it altogether. I eventually realized just getting by was no way to live my one and only life. I felt like moving on meant leaving her behind, but I eventually learned I had it all wrong.”
“My dad wasn’t involved much with us this side of heaven, so the heaven-sanctioned league makes me feel like they have their own connection.”