Imagine waiting for your daughter and her fiance at Disney’s wedding planner and them not showing up. Imagine driving home and seeing emergency vehicles in front of your home and then seeing your daughter’s mangled bicycle. Imagine thinking your daughter is safe on her school bus coming home and being... Continue reading

Imagine waiting for your daughter and her fiance at Disney’s wedding planner and them not showing up. Imagine driving home and seeing emergency vehicles in front of your home and then seeing your daughter’s mangled bicycle. Imagine thinking your daughter is safe on her school bus coming home and being... Continue reading

The other night, I finished reading my daughter a bed time story and then snuggled her into bed. She always asks if I will cuddle with her and we have an agreed time limit of two lullabies... Which she is usually asleep before the end of the first one. As... Continue reading

Last night I received some difficult news. My grandma, who I am extremely close to, had to have emergency surgery yesterday. As my aunt was filling me in on the details, I could feel the familiar sting of tears in my eyes and began to repeat the prayer, "please God,... Continue reading

Last weekend we went to visit my family in Iowa which is something I wish we could do more often. After we settled in at my grandparents and had dinner, my gramps and I were sitting at the table. He asked quietly “have you had any dreams recently about your... Continue reading

On a warm spring day in 2009, a 58-year old woman, Julie Davis was killed by a 19-year old driver, while walking on the side of the road with her best friend. That statement is what most people read or heard on the evening news on April 15, 2009. What... Continue reading

For the past year, I have been struggling with what it means to forgive. The Oxford English Dictionary defines forgiveness as 'to grant free pardon and to give up all claim on account of an offense or debt'. Webster has several definitions one of which is ‘to cease to feel... Continue reading

I found this on one of the online grief support sites that I visit. It brought me some comfort because I know it's true. To my dearest family and friends, Some things I'd like to say. But first of all, to let you know that I arrived okay. I'm writing... Continue reading