Our daughters truly have the luck of the Irish in their blood. On Saint Patrick’s Day, my husband and I celebrate the birthdays of two of our ancestors. We also celebrate our Irish roots on both sides of our family with traditional Irish food and drink. Celebrating our family’s Irish roots on Saint Patrick’s Day…
My grandma once told me, “You can’t be all things to all people.” But dang it if I wasn’t going to try. As my grandma once told me, you can’t be all things to all people. I’ve been everything. I’ve been the shy, quiet girl. I’ve been the party girl. I’ve been the loud, “life…
Your grief does not make me uncomfortable. I won’t try to fix your grief. I won’t tell you platitudes like, “They’re in a better place,” or, “At least you had x amount of time with them.” I won’t dismiss or invalidate your feelings. I won’t tell you not to cry. I won’t tell you that…
I will never stop grieving the loss of my mother to Alzheimer’s disease. I thought that when my mother died, my grief would soon be over. But I was wrong.
Are you searching for the right sympathy gifts to show someone you care? It is so difficult to know what to say or do to soothe a grieving heart. In recent years, I have experienced the loss of my mother, my stepmother, my uncle, my grandparents, and family friends, and I still sometimes struggle to…
