Grief Two Years In (And Why No One Talks About It) There is something that doesn’t get talked about enough, and that is grief two years in after losing a loved one. By then, the casseroles are long gone. The check-in texts have stopped. People who once asked, “How are you holding up?” have quietly […]
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Healing the Distance Between Me and My Mom
The Part of My Childhood That Still Hits the Hardest I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the relationship I had with my parents while I was growing up. And the part that’s always been the one that hits me the hardest is the one with my mom. Not because she did anything wrong, far […]
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The Multi Layers Of Grief
There is one thing that I was never prepared for in my healing, and that is the amount of grief we go through. It seems that once I have reached a certain point in my trauma recovery, the progress I have made comes with various amounts of it. And I’m not talking about the grief […]
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Reaching the Anger Stage Of Grief
For all of my life, I have feared being loved. Being accepted. I have felt jaded. Lost. Ashamed. Hurt. There are so many different words that can be used to express the magnitude of the pain I have carried around with me. To reach a point in your life where you know you are truly […]
Mother’s Day Was Hard This Year
Mother’s day hit hard this year, more than I expected. I lost my mom back in 2007, so spending this day without her isn’t new. Over the years, I found my own quiet way of honoring her. Every Mother’s Day, I’d buy her favorite Calla Lilies and place them in my apartment. It became my […]