Posts Tagged ‘Mother's Grief’
I Do It For You, My Love
I Do it For You, My Love By: Deborah Umali Dear Charlie*, Although last week was nothing but dreary skies and on and off rain, it was officially Spring Break for us Texans. With spring comes holidays that never made me think twice before. Now, I can’t even fathom Easter, normally an easy, happy holiday…
Read MoreBecoming A Gift
By: Justine Brooks Froelker Sitting over tea in a dimly lit coffee shop she asks, “How often do you think of them?” I shift my eyes to notice how many moms and babies are in the bustling shop. “Every day,” I respond. “How?” she asks. “I wonder how different our lives…
Read MoreThe Morning After Mother’s Day
The Morning After Mother’s Day By: Jennifer Massoni Pardini The morning after Mother’s Day was harder than Mother’s Day itself . That’s a surprise. Maybe that’s because Mother’s Day itself was a Sunday. That means Ryan was home, and we took Ruby out for some tennis balls in the backyard, and we ate all three…
Read MoreTo Each Her Own
By Sarah Bartels I had a conversation the other day with a co-worker who recently lost her Mom. She told me she was doing okay, and trying to get back into ‘real life’ just a few days after. I know that feeling, not from the loss of a parent, but after the loss of my…
Read MoreOne Sweet Day
By: RaeAnne Fredrickson One sweet day, I will close my eyes here for the last time, and open them there for the first. Your sparkling eyes, your darling smile, your soft hair and skin – everything wonderful I’ve missed about you – will welcome me on that sweetest of days. One again,…
Read MoreGoodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight
By: Kathy Gardner he’s breathing so softly so deeply so gently or is that me? the space between us has dissolved and i can’t tell if he’s taking my air or if i’m taking his we rest next to each other and sigh into the night, each comforting the other knowingly and unknowingly it is…
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