When writing becomes healing
These posts will vary based on the emotional experience captured. Some will be full pieces with articulate perspective. Others may be a five sentence rant because sometimes all we need is to express our grief in its raw form. I’ll share memories of my mom and stories of who she was. Who I have become and am becoming because of her.
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Seven Years
Dear Mom, Seven years ago today we shared goodbyes for the very last time. You said that I would learn to live without you. I didn’t believe you. Sometimes I still don’t. Every August 14th…
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Another Mother’s Day
Dear Mom, You had always wanted to be a mother. It took you 10 years, dozens of attempts, treatments, and prayers. I can’t imagine how difficult it must’ve been at times for you and dad,…
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How to Survive a Mother’s Day Without a Mom
For me, Mother’s Day is the time for me to take off my metaphorical Band-Aid and let my wound breathe. I allow my heart to bleed and ache for my mom. The tears that burn…
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To the Mothers in My Life: Thank You from a Motherless Daughter
Out of all of the holidays I find myself missing my mom, Mother’s Day is inherently the worst. The cultural build up of greeting cards, TV commercials, gifts, and holiday promotions only add another stinging…
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Happy 60th Birthday
Dear Mom, Do you remember how you used to write me letters and leave them on my bed? Sometimes you’d hide them under my pillow or tape them to the closet mirror. They would show…
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Three Life Lessons I am Thankful for After Losing My Mother
Over the past three years, the holidays have become the hardest part of the year. The heavy weight I felt from my mother’s death the summer before my senior year of high school tainted every…