grief

Losing a family member is one of the most traumatic life events; Families must support one another to endure the five stages of grief and get through it together.

Cavities and Crowns: What Our Teeth Tell Us About Our Lives
On the editing floor of my existential documentary were piles of disconnected stories. I had no hope or the energy to reconstruct my history that made sense.
By Arlo Hennings4 years ago in Families
Finally Coming Home
Monday, I hated that day. Especially, a snowy, freezing, miserable December day in Michigan. As I made my way to our break room, I heard the usual. “Morning LT, Morning Lieutenant Flynn, nice day, isn’t it LT?” My people loved to aggravate me. All of them knew until I had my first cup of coffee, I hated to talk. I went into our breakroom, grabbed a coffee mug, and poured a cup of the Elixir of the Gods. Just as I took my first sip, Detective Ellen Johnson interrupted me.
By Richard Frohm4 years ago in Families
The smell
It wasn’t the delivery of the strange box that brought me out of my deep slumber. It was really the smell that seemed to come from whatever lay inside of it. The smell could almost be described as a musty, mildewy paper smell. Made me think back to when I was working at the bookstore down the street where I live. In all honesty, the building had clearly seen better days. It looked like it was being held together by just patches that seemed to multiply almost every time I stopped by.
By Katie Hunter4 years ago in Families
Inheriting My Family- Part 1
Last year, I lost my dad to a sudden heart attack and to be honest, it took quite a bit of time to get myself back together. At the time of my dad’s death, I was still in my final year of university and had spent most of 2020–2021 cooped up at home due to Covid restrictions.
By Isa Nan4 years ago in Families
Diary of a Caregiver: Confession #1
Waiting for the Bus I've been my mom's 24/7 caregiver since November 2020 (overall I've been her caregiver since April 2013). It all began around noon on Tuesday November 10, 2020.
By Rick Henry Christopher 4 years ago in Families
Divorcing During the Holidays
There is never a good time to divorce.The divorce process can be complex, contentious and stressful for many couples. While January is deemed “divorce month”, many couples choose to divorce prior to the holidays. Adding the divorce experience to the holiday season can add an additional layer of stress and worry.
By Sam Larson4 years ago in Families
Babies in Heaven
You were wanted and you were loved We tried for you for over a year The day we saw those 2 lines, was a complete shock to us both, battling with first and secondary infertility leave you feeling like you’ll never experience it
By CD4 years ago in Families
It's Not You, It Never Was.
My mother once said that as long as I was safe she didn’t care about the world, but then I started to care more about the world than being safe. Having a complicated relationship with your parents feels strange. All my mother had ever done was try to love me while not loving herself. My mother was not the person who raised me, my other mom did. It was always bio mom was the mother or her first name, and adopted mom was mom or mama. My mother tried her hardest to give me the best life possible and adoption was the answer.
By Nat 4 years ago in Families
My Little Light
My heart smiles before it cries when I think of you. You caught me by surprise, oh what a surprise you were. When I found out I was carrying you, I immediately became scared; not scared to be your mom but scared you had felt all of my pain and sadness the weeks you were unknown to me.
By NicholeMiya4 years ago in Families
"Are You A Ghost?"
I sit on my modern red chair reading a book while staring at the old rocking chair opposite me. The old rocking chair starts rocking by itself, just like it has for the last six months since I moved into this old, musty, house.
By Carol Ann Townend4 years ago in Families
Beyond Her Years
Eleven-year-old Alice-May Jayne Kingston-Woods had always been an intellectually advanced, highly responsible, brilliantly polite, and extremely respectful young girl; she had been incredibly bright her whole life, even before starting her school career, she had been incredibly smart and this had only been proven more correct since starting school, she had always been the top student in her year, in all academic and creative subjects, Alice-May excelled exponentially. At every parents evening, her teachers praised Alice-May profusely, not just for her academic achievements, her involvement in extracurricular activities and charitable works, but also for her fantastic imagination, and her wonderful character and beautiful personality. Her teachers would congratulate her mother on how generally fantastic Alice-May was, in every aspect of life that they had seen her or heard about her in the news, through word of mouth from local charities and care facilities she would volunteer in and watched as she interacted with other children and members of the public- no matter their age, gender, race, religion, ability or belief, calling her an “absolutely outstanding, phenomenally well-rounded and generous member of society”. Both her teachers and her mother were incredibly proud of her and would tell her as often as they could that she would go very far in the world- whatever she chose to pursue in later life.
By Bree-Amethyst S G-M4 years ago in Families
Shaving Foam
Today is the first day of the week. They taught me in kindergarten that it's called Monday. And that it comes after Sunday, when we order pizza at night and Flo lets me watch the goals on TV. Mom told her that I like to watch the goals, so she lets me go to bed later to watch Futbol de Primera, my favorite TV show. Then there's The Fantastic League and The Power Rangers, but soccer is my favorite.
By Ricky Lanusse4 years ago in Families