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In my quest to find comfort, I have been researching other parents who have suffered loss and how they dealt with it. My research led me...

I am not looking for sympathy, I am simply stating a fact... I walk around in pain all the time. It is such a deep emotional pain it is...

He loved it when he woke up before everyone else. This was his favorite time of day. The world still mostly asleep, the house quiet and...

When I was young, I loved mythology. Mostly Greek. I knew all the gods, all the demi-gods. When I discovered books, I discovered Piers...

From the beginning of my journey here as a grieving mother, I took my sadness "off-line" so to speak and started a blog. I didn't believe...

I was born on March 15th, 1962. From that moment, I started to form and become the person I was meant to be. I remember the young me- boy...

I have a hard time looking to the future for myself. Thinking about the endless days without CJ is too much for my heart and soul to...

In my old life, I never remembered any special dates. Not birthdays, not anniversaries. I remember a funny story when my family and I...

Today is six months. It feels like both an eternity and a day all at the same time. Today, I need to honour him with six amazing things...

After I lost CJ, I knew that I was going to need help. I started very quickly to look for support. I began Therapy and I truly could not...

Everyone who knows me knows that I don't like being touched. I do not easily hug.. I will do anything for anyone, but hugging is not my...

I am not the same person that I was on August 11th. Losing my son has changed me in so many ways. I didn't notice the changes at first....

I had to google the term grief to see if it was an emotion. The answer is conflicting. Grief is so personal, so different for each...

Once upon a time there was a woman who was afraid of everything. She was afraid of heights, she was afraid of closed spaces. She was...

My son and I use to talk about everything. We talked about the problems in the world on a macro level. We talked about the problems in...

Back in December I was helping out at a silent auction for a fundraiser. One of the first things that I put out was a statue. The statue...

Think about that. New Years Day. A New Year. A New beginning. Even the word itself fills us with promise. A New chance for a better,...

No longer letting go. When CJ was first born he slept in a bassinet by my bed. I loved to reach out at night and put my hand on him to...

When a woman loses her husband she is called a widow. When a man loses his wife he is called a widower. When a child loses their parents...

As a society we need a place to go to honour our loved ones. We need a place to be able to connect with those we’ve lost. When you lose a...