It always makes me feel sad when someone responds to me with, “My life is okay.” I think to myself, “Just, okay?” Maybe they have just faced a life-changing event that has emotionally hurt them and “okay” is better than the pain they initially felt when it occurred. It’s a step for sure, but it …
Grieving
If you are lucky, you may get pretty far into life before you experience a truly devastating loss. But sooner or later, someone you care about will take an intense blow, and part of adulting is to comfort and support them during their heartbreak. It’s intimidating. Especially for people who have anxiety when they can’t …
A little over a year ago, I experienced two firsts. One was the death of my father, the first time I lost a parent. The other first was the appearance of virtual lasagna on my Facebook wall. Yes, the two incidents go hand in hand as the virtual lasagna was sent to me by a …
Nearly 7 years ago, I was blissfully pregnant with my second child. We were in that scary first 12 weeks, that is sort of like the ‘if I am good enough I get to have the baby’ test. Well, I guess I wasn’t good enough, because I drove myself to the hospital just before the …
The morning I lost my baby was a completely normal, boring morning. I got ready for work, made it there with at least five or ten minutes to spare, joked with my boss about a card she found, sat down and did my thing. I write all this because it was such a completely and …