Lauren Flake - Grief & Texas
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 […]
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 […]
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 and was freed from her earthly suffering, my grief would soon be over. After all, I felt that I had really been grieving since her Alzheimer’s diagnosis. I had already lost her, a little more […]
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 […]