This will be my eleventh Mother’s Day since my mother died. When Mother’s Day is hard because you lost your mom Every day has felt like Mother’s Day since my mother’s diagnosis with Alzheimer’s disease in May, 17 years ago. Honoring and protecting her became my life’s work during her illness. Now that she is […]
Birthdays feel different when your mother is dead. No one makes you feel special the way that she did. Birthdays feel different when your mother is dead. No one starts your morning with a phone call the way that she did. And no one buys you a dozen pink roses the way that she did. […]
Dear Mom, You weren’t supposed to leave me so soon. I’ve had to do everything without you. You weren’t supposed to leave me so soon. I’ve had a miscarriage. I’ve had two babies. And I’ve had two surgeries. I’ve watched my brother fight addiction. I’ve watched my dad remarry. And I’ve planned funerals. I’ve written […]
My mother never got the chance to be an amazing grandmother.
My mother wanted to take her grandchildren to the beach.
The final stage of grief lasts forever. My mother has been dead for 10 years. But I’ve been grieving her loss for over 15 years. My grief process started back in 2006 with my mother’s early onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis. The final stage of grief lasts forever. I will never stop grieving the loss of my […]
