August is my birthday month, but birthdays haven’t felt quite the same since losing my mom in May 2019. She was my best friend, my confidant, my first home, and my safe space. She called me her baby girl even well into my 40s—and I never imagined how much I would miss hearing those words. This National Grief Awareness Day, I’m finding my way back to writing and reflecting on the complicated space between celebrating another year of life and grieving the person who brought me into this world.
Category Archives: Grief
The month of May…
I started this post 2 years ago (May 6, 2021)…Emotionally, I just haven’t been able to make a post. I’m making a commitment to getting back to it. Writing helps me cope, it’s therapy if you will! I believe we all need therapy The month of May brings so many celebrations! Bridal showers in preparation …
I Lost You Again Today :'(
Today, I lost you again. Today it hurt just like it did 18+ months ago. Today, I’m weeping as if I had just held your hand again and then it was gone. Every day, I lose you, but today was different. Today I lost you again because today, I read your name in an obituary …
31,622,394 Seconds
That’s how long it’s been since mom left us. This blog space has been on my heart so many days in the last year…but it is so hard to come back here and actually create something…I mean from beginning to end! I have a few posts sitting in various stages in my drafts. Today’s post …
A Moment in time…
May 23, 2019 at 9:14:32AM. A date and time I will never forget. A date and time forever etched in my soul, on my heart, and in my brain. A date and time I wish I could erase. May 23, 2019 at 7:15AM. Another date and time I will never forget. A date and time, …
She Loved
This! She would have argued and said she wasn’t smart, I think she might agree with the rest though. My mother was smart but above that, she had a heart full of love, always an ear to listen and a willingness to help! Yesterday we heard the perfect words…she was AN EXCEPTIONAL human being! I …