It’s the simple things I miss about my mother.
Just two women shopping. Someone to be with. Someone who knows me better than I wanted her to.
Happy Mother’s Day, mom.
I’ll?always?miss you, and I’ll always carry you in my heart.
I hope you enjoy this excerpt from my book, Mothering Mother:
When I Miss Her
I miss Mother when I […]
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This June, my mother will celebrate her sixth anniversary “on the other side.”
I can hardly believe it’s been that long. I spent the first year in grief and rebuilding my life.
That’s normal, and you can’t rush it or fix it. It was more like two years, and that’s also “normal.”
That’s how long it takes to […]
Writer Gloria Lintermans explains the five time sequences of grief, and answers the question: When will I get through this?
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Writer Barbara Francis describes her spiritual struggle after the death of a close friend.
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No, you’re not.
Bad caregivers don’t seek out blogs on caregiving.
They don’t attend caregiving seminars and workshops.
They don’t worry about how they’re treating their loved ones.
Bad caregivers feel completely justified in their actions.
So, lay that aside.
If you lost your temper, it’s okay.
Make a plan on how to avoid it in the future.
Make a plan on how […]
We always think that happiness is “out there.”
When I get a new job, when I take vacation, when I lose 30 pounds, when…
Happiness is not that hard. We make it hard. Happiness is having new eyes. A fresh perspective.
After I moved my mother in with us to care for her, (she had Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s), […]
In most families, there is a primary caregiver no matter how many siblings there are. Some try to divvy up the responsibilities, but it?s rarely equal distribution because of differing people?s lives?jobs, distance, abilities, etc. In many families, one sibling gets the brunt of the responsibility.
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And even if you agreed to it, over time, […]
I am a doctoral student in the School of Nursing at Columbia and I?just listened to your show on twin loss.? My name is Kevin Johnson,? and I had a wonderful twin brother named Kelvin Johnson.? Kelvin died?February 25, 2007.? It is a loss that I do not know how to move on in?life with.? […]
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I’ve Stopped Looking for Him
by Kim Hodne
I?ve stopped looking for him everywhere
I?m not sure when that happened
I don?t search for him in crowds
Or his car on the road
I?ve stopped looking for him
Biking on the paths
Swimming in the ocean
Skiing down the hills
I?ve stopped watching for him
To pull up the drive way
And run in with a hug
And […]
A friend of mine called me from her mother’s bedside.
Her mother?was dying. In-patient hospice. It wouldn’t be long.
My heart ached. I knew her mother. I could hear the sound of her voice in my head.
She was 78 years old. Not that old, but cancer doesn’t care–young, old.
Everyone had flown on to say their good byes. […]
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