I Wonder What It’s Like to Not Miss Your Mom Every Single Day
I wonder what it’s like to not miss your mom every single day of the year but especially at Christmastime.
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Why Each Magical Christmas without My Mom Feels a Little More Difficult
Each Christmas without my mom feels a little more difficult. She is missing out on so many holiday memories with my daughters. Why each magical Christmas without my mom feels a little more difficult My mother will never experience a magical Christmas with my kids. She will never experience Santa photos with my daughters. She…
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Why I Miss My Dead Mother During the Holidays More Each Year
I miss my dead mother during the holidays more each year. She’s been gone for over a decade.
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My Mother Needed Us to Love Her until the End of Alzheimer’s Disease
My mother needed us to love her until the end of Alzheimer’s disease. My grandmother took this photo of my mother, my husband, and me almost two decades ago. It was Thanksgiving Day, six months after my mother’s initial diagnosis with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. And it was seven years before the end of Alzheimer’s…
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Sometimes, Grief Feels A Lot Like Panic after Losing My Mother
Sometimes, grief feels a lot like panic. While buying birthday cards at Walmart a few years ago, I caught sight of these floral Mom and Grandma cards. I instinctively wanted to reach out and grab the teal card with the antique-style, delicate pink rose for my grandmother. But a feeling of panic stopped me in…
