Tag: #loss

Mom

Today is the thirteenth anniversary of my mother’s death. Sometimes the loss feels settled, like the Universe has made the adjustments necessary to accommodate Mom’s absence and reluctantly moved on. Sometimes the feeling is raw and new, like losing her just happened. This yo-yoing makes sense to me. Mom may have a biographical death date,…


Every Time You Go Away …

When we lose someone special to us, we note that they will always be in our hearts. And they are. We carry them with us wherever we go. But they take a piece away from us as well. Their passing leaves one less person in the world who remembers our personal times and spaces, who…