This is my all-time favorite photo of me. It is also my all-time favorite childhood memory. This is my all-time favorite childhood memory and photo of me. You see that dirt track behind me? I can still feel that squishy mud under my bare feet. Between my little toes. And coating my belly and knees….
My mother left her mark on everything she touched before she died. She’s been gone for almost a decade. Early onset Alzheimer’s disease took her from me. But I still find signs of my mother everywhere I look. My mother left her mark on everything she touched before she died. I still find her handwriting…
The expected death of a loved one still hurts terribly. My mother lived with early onset Alzheimer’s disease for over a decade. She lived in a nursing home with advanced dementia for almost five years. And she lived on hospice care for two years. I prepared for her death for years. I was relieved, of…
It’s often difficult to know how to help a grieving friend. Maybe your friend’s dad just died. Maybe your friend’s mom just had a stroke. Or maybe your friend just experienced a miscarriage. Maybe your friend’s child was just diagnosed with an incurable illness. Maybe your friend was just diagnosed with cancer. Or maybe your…
My parenting resolution is to give my kids more life and less grief. This year, I want to give my kids more experiences and less things. I want to give my kids more new perspectives and less judgement. And I want to give my kids more encouragement and less criticism. My parenting resolution is to…
