Tag: Grief
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#DanceLikeEthan
April is a rough month for me. Then comes May. There’s Mother’s Day, a day when I miss my own mother and the son who made me a mom for the first time. At the end of the month is Ethan’s birthday. This year he would turn 31 on the 31st. Kind of a cool…
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Brave
I am not brave. I’m not hoping you’ll say Oh, sure you are! I’m not, and I’m fine with that. I’m always looking for the easy way out, the shortcut. I don’t want to face my fears. I don’t want to be afraid at all. I’d do almost anything to avoid being in a place…
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Shrapnel
Trauma begins when memories become shrapnel. Something blows up your psyche. That sounds like a metaphor, but it doesn’t feel like one. Before a traumatic event, there’s you, a person with a fairly intact mind—then in just the time it takes to answer the phone, to flick a switch, to hit the brakes, to open…
Just Love Harder 