“There’s little doubt in my mind or heart that this was my mom’s way of telling me she is once again with my dad.”
- Love What Matters
- Grief
“There’s little doubt in my mind or heart that this was my mom’s way of telling me she is once again with my dad.”
“I thought by now my life would be normal again, I would be healed, everything would be okay… but that’s just not how grief works.”
“Each obituary that resembles a loss like ours ignites the memory of my daughter’s last moments on this earth as she played a mental game of ping pong, wondering if she had any more will left in her to stay.”
“Heartbreak has a unique quality of sharpening. It hurts, but at the same time it reveals the things that are not going wrong – that give a reason for hope.”
“Finding my birth family made me feel complete and whole because I now have answers to questions I had about myself as a little girl.”
“Let’s change the narrative. This is how best we can remember Eliza and honor her memory.”
“This dessert holds a special place in our hearts… and stomachs. It’s on every holiday table.”
“I have learned to lean into the struggle and really feel it. This is my reality, and fast, easy answers teach me nothing.”
“‘The judge signed off, and now we can go through with the adoption.’ It should have been one of the happiest days of my life. Instead, I was absolutely terrified. We’d just gotten some absolutely terrible news a few days before: James had cancer.”
“I created this cookie in preparation for that ‘someday’ when either my daughter or son celebrates their wedding.”