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…
Real, Raw, Life Stuff
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I stopped reaching for the phone.
Dear Mom, It has been 1 year, 2 months, and 24 days since you decided to leave us. For the first 1 year, 2 months and eh… 6-ish days, I…
The last time I picked my son up at preschool, ever.
Today I picked up my son from preschool for the very last time. It hit me as I was driving to get him, I’ll never have this again. Somewhere else,…
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…
If I could speak to my mother on her birthday…
Hey mom, It’s your birthday! If you were here, you would be saying “It’s just another day”. I have been trying to tell myself that same thing all day, but…
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…
On losing my mom & Hurricane Irma
The past 5 months have been some of the hardest of my life to date. Most of you know that I lost my mom to suicide 5 months ago. In…
I hope I never understand.
There’s been a lot of talk on social media about suicide lately after the tragic death of Chester Bennington from Linkin Park. I see it all, I read it all,…