Was this last year hard for you? I want to remind you that you’ve made it this far, and we’re going to usher in 2020 together. But before we do, here’s a look back on some of our favorite blog posts of the past year.
- Go Easy on You: You are too hard on yourself. Please, stop it. You are beautiful in the most expansive sense of the word. You are enough. Right now at this very moment.
- Showers of Tears: Although seldom now, every once in while, a strong sensation of sadness strikes in the shower and the tears roll. For me, it’s evidence that I carry a sadness for this man who will forever be missed and always be loved.
- Shine On: “There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” So go the powerful lyrics from Leonard Cohen’s, “Anthem.” However, I believe the opposite is also true – each of us contains bright light within and the cracks are where it pours out as if deep wounds are the greatest permission to shine.
- Daughter in Mom’s Clothing: In the days, weeks, and months after my mother passed away, I wore her clothes constantly…
- The Value of Strength: You are not the same as you were before loss, your strength is greater.
- #SingleMomLife: ”Pick up boys’ suits. Go to the drug store for the prescription. Shoe store. Groceries. Lawn fertilizer. Crap, I forgot the return for Home Depot on the counter. Get gas. Do the boys have practice at 5:45 or 6 tonight? Ugh, I forgot to call the orthodontist.” The list rolls on in my head. This is single motherhood.
- A Letter to My Exhausting Children: Dear boys, You are exhausting and relentless, and I’m eternally grateful for this.
- Taking Off After Loss: It had only been two weeks since his memorial service. Three weeks since that fateful day. Yet there I was, on this flight, headed on a family vacation, and succumbing to what would be the first of many panic attacks.
- Mom Lives in Me: Where do you feel the people you’ve loved and lost?
- The Survivor: I’m glad that I didn’t give up. I can tell you, I’m proudly still earning my title as a survivor.
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