One year ago today, I jolted awake from a fitful night’s sleep. For the past five nights, I had worried my mom…
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Grief
When Your Loved One is No Longer on Your Christmas List
I opened my notebook and began writing down the names of my family members. After I penned my husband and…
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She’s Closer than I Realize
I jolted awake at 4:30 a.m. with two startling gasps for air. It felt like the way you frantically suck in oxygen after…
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The Upside to Cancer: A Daughter’s Perspective
The flowers in the memory garden, planted shortly after my mom’s death, grow taller. Originally transplants of delicate green, they…
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What Will Bloom After I’m Gone?
Tears watered the soil as I worked my mom’s flowerbed to get it ready for spring. The jonquils had bloomed,…
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Don’t Rush Your Healing
This morning my daughter curled up with me in the recliner. I set my Bible study down and wiped tears…
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