Tag: grief
Talking to Your Preschooler About Pet Loss
“Where Coop Coop go?”
A question I get asked several times a week that I wasn’t prepared to answer.
Our golden retriever, Cooper, had just turned...
Grieving Mama, Growing Mama
"I know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death. They continue to participate in every act, thought, and...
Father’s Day for the Fatherless
It can be a little bleak not having a living or present father on Father's Day. Or, let's face it, for the whole month...
Why I’ll Never Be Quiet About Miscarriage
The first time I found out I was pregnant was September 10, 2011. I was on a business trip to Toronto for work and...
September 11: More Than A Chapter in Your History Book
I was in the sixth grade on September 11, 2001. I was in woodshop class - a class we had to take, and I...
What COVID Took From Me
COVID-19 took a lot from all of us. For some, it took our loved ones. For others, it took our jobs. For still others,...
A Storm is Coming: Helping Your Child Through Their Trauma
A storm is coming. I can see the silhouette of the clouds in the night sky in front of a distant flash of lightning....
Lessons from Mom: Five Years of Grief & What She is...
It has been five years. Five years since that bitterly cold January morning that I received the call from my dad with the terrible...
Talking About Death with Your Kids
We have had a lot of hard conversations in our house lately. Last August, our daughter started kindergarten the same day her grandpa died. She...
Grief & Loss: How to Talk to Kids During a Pandemic
Last week was a DOOZY, even for coronavirus standards. A root canal, an irreparable furnace, a best friend’s miscarriage, and my 91-year-old Grandpa’s cancer...
Handling Grief During Pregnancy
January 3rd. January 3rd, 2019 to be exact. This is the day my life would change forever, both in the best and worst ways....
To the Father I Had. Then, Didn’t
You left. You left, and you rarely came back. The end.
I could stop the story there, but the thing is, it doesn’t stop there....
Grieving the Baby Years
We’ve entered tweendom, and it’s been much more hard than I expected. Much more hard on me than it is on you.
And it’s only...
Navigating Death When Kids are Old Enough to Understand
Dealing with death is never easy, no matter whether you’re a full-fledged adult, as most of us claim to be, or a kid. I...
About The Babies I Loved Before You
Hello darling son,
I’ve often wondered how I would share about the brother and sister that came before you. I’ve wondered how I would explain...
