Tag: loss of grandmother

Sometimes, Grief Feels A Lot Like Panic after Losing My Mother

Post author By [email protected]
Post date September 30, 2023

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 […]

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Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Grief and Mental Health Texas

My Dead Grandmother Was Right There Next to Me Shopping for Plants

Post author By [email protected]
Post date August 17, 2022

For a few seconds, my dead grandmother was right there next to me shopping for plants. I was walking through the garden center of H-E-B Plus on a particularly muggy August afternoon. I was leisurely picking out plants and loading them onto my cart, despite the heat. My dead grandmother was right there next to […]

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Grief and Mental Health

My Grandparents’ Greatest Gift to Me in 1953 Was My Mom

Post author By [email protected]
Post date August 8, 2022

My mother’s parents were married on August 8, 1949. Four years later, in 1953, my mom arrived on the scene. My grandparents’ greatest gift to me in 1953 was my mom. I miss my grandparents. But I feel (and see) their presence all around me every day. So much of who I am comes from […]

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