The Mind is a Battlefield
Too often there is a voice that tells me I'm not good enough. A critic that critiques my every decision in a negative way rather than positive. Someone who doubts I can [...]
Not My First Isolation
I follow the blog Second Firsts written by grief educator Christina Rasmussen. Recently, I read her latest blog post, We Already Know How to Eat, Sleep and Be [...]
Baby Steps are Giant Steps in Grief
Healing your heart when you are grieving is a slow process. It takes time to put those broken pieces back together one by one. I picture a broken [...]
It's the Little Things on the Hard Days
May and June used to be the months I looked forward to the most. May was full of days to celebrate. May means Mother’s Day, both my boys' birthdays, [...]
I Still Lose it Sometimes
It has been over three and half years since my husband died. This June it will be four years. There are times when it feels like a life [...]
Dear 2020,
Wow, 2020, you really snuck up on me. 20 years ago I was a senior in high school. I couldn't wait to get out of the small little town [...]
Life After Loss: It Goes On
In the words of Robert Frost, "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It Goes On." This is one of the hardest realizations to [...]
Meet Our Miracle
*You can read about our journey to 7 here in part 1 and here in part 2* Tuesday morning of December 12th was going to be a busy morning. [...]
Faith
Faith... "Complete trust in or confidence in someone or something"Faith... "Trusting in something you cannot explicitly prove"Faith... "Substance of things hoped for and the evidence that things exist [...]
Happy 38th!
Even after almost 3 1/2 years I still have a hard time referring to Mike in the past tense. I tend to refer to and talk about him [...]