BOOM. Grief can come out of nowhere and hit you with a ton of bricks. Grief hurts like hell, too, and sometimes I can barely get out of bed. After losing my daughter, I could not bring myself to therapy....
Dear Grieving Momma,  I recently came across a wonderfully written Romantic Comedy based on a true story of loss, finding oneself, redemption, and overall happiness. Before you say how silly and unrealistic 'rom-coms' are, give me a chance to tell...
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, but you don't have to remind the tens of thousands of families who have been touched by that grief; We already know. It was late in the first trimester of my third...
September is Emergency Preparedness Month With so many natural disasters happening around the world right now or at any given time, making sure my family is ready for a possible evacuation or disaster has been hitting closer to home. What...
ATTENTION: Before I begin to tell you my story, I must warn you that this might be triggering to anyone who has or knows someone who has experienced child loss.  Never did I ever think I would lose my child...
Dear Mom, Let me start by saying those two little words you rarely hear – I’m sorry. Or how about these two other little words – you’re amazing. Growing up you were my idol, my safe place. To this day, I...
"No parent should ever have to bury a child." It's an expression of grief that I'm sure you've heard before, and one that's often echoed when someone dies younger than expected.  It's a phrase I heard a lot in 2015....
When the coronavirus pandemic started setting in, impacting our daily lives, I pulled out an unused notebook and started chronicling it. I wrote down what was going on through my eyes as it played out so that one day my...
Infertility. "You have a 50% chance of getting pregnant."  "Wait. A what?" "A 50% chance...at best." I desperately wanted to ask more questions. My mind was swimming in them. How could this be happening? Why me? Why now? How do we fix it?...