Motherhood & Not So Fancy Garlic Bread
Kids don’t need fancy garlic bread. But that’s not really the point of this post. When I was growing up, my parents were on a ehhh…. extremely tight budget. By…
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International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
Today is International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day. Since I heard about it, about two weeks ago, I have been trying to write a blog post. Every night I sit…
Baby #3 is on the way! And these are my real thoughts about it.
Baby #3 is on the way! I literally never thought I would say those words. I like to plan things. More than I like to plan, I like to be…
An Open Letter to my Mother: When I See You Again, Pt. 2
6 months after I lost my mom to suicide I wrote a post titled When I See You Again. It has now been one year and one month since I…
How I’ve dealt with the first year of grief
Oh, grief. I have pondered over this word more in the past year than ever before in my life. On April 14, 2017 I lost my mother to suicide. Grief,…
It’s not your fault.
Do you ever cry while doing the dishes? Yeah, me neither, never. (insert facial expression that screams “yeah right”) This writing session has been long overdue. Much like the shrapnel…
When I see you again…
I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again… I’ll tell you how they grew, I’ll tell you the funny things they said & all the times they…
It’s been 2 months & I still don’t know what grieving feels like.
Tomorrow marks 2 months since Good Friday, and the worst day of my life – the day that my mother took her own life, and I still have no idea…