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Those walking a grief journey know that each occasion, each anniversary, each milestone brings decisions with it. Do we pretend these...

Every day I wake to the pain of missing CJ, and remembering he is gone. Every night I go to sleep and pray that I will see him in my...

Iwant you to know that I don't tell my story to elicit sympathy. I tell my story so that you know that I am walking this path, and I have...

Today at 9:31 a.m. we in the western hemisphere stepped into Fall. We have already felt the affects over the past days with cooler...

As the days grow closer to when I lost CJ, I have a need to keep his memory alive, to keep his spirit alive. This weekend we did just...

We are living in historic times. Unprecedented decisions have been made on a daily basis, almost faster than we can process the...

The human race is living in unprecedented times. We are being asked to narrow our world more and more each day. Every day, we wake up to...

In November I decided it was time to move. A month later I put an offer in on a house and three weeks later took possession of my new...

Yesterday I had to go into the hospital for day surgery. It was just going to be a short surgery. I didn’t want to be knocked out so it...

I believe that I have done an amazing job of surviving these last months. I was never one to talk about my own accomplishments, but now,...

I have always loved Christmas. As a child, our Christmas's were so special. I have memories of perfect presents, wonderful meals, great...

I have become very selfish with my grief. I find that taking my grief out when I am with others doesn't work. It has become a private...

Life is made up of choices. What we do, who we are, what we become are all made up of both large and small choices we make as we journey...

Over the course of the last 150 years we have improved our life. With medical advances, new technology, better safety measures, we have...

In the last couple weeks I have heard the term "Groundhog Day" from two different people, used to describe what we are going through....

For about a week now, energy has been surging through me, pushing me to do so much.. In the last year I have had to be very careful that...

I don't write this blog to evoke pity. I write it both for myself to help process what is happening and also to help others to understand...

In the course of my life I have experienced loss through death. Growing up, l lost my grandparents, my aunts and uncles. I was afraid of...

I haven't written in a while, because I have been away. Not physically. But mentally. For the past few weeks I have felt like I was in a...

On one of my Facebook groups for grieving parents, a question was asked "What does it feel like" My reply was "It feels like pushing a...