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.
To Mampau With Love
Dear Mampau, As another Mother’s Day passes, I look back on the way things once were. I think back on the times that we had, and I think of how it is now that I am a mother myself. Despite how things have changed, some things stay the same. Now and then I find myself tearing up as I think of what life would be like if you were still here.
By Judith Jascha4 years ago in Families
My beloved sister
My sister was the eldest in our family. She was married to a lied and cheater husband. My parents never approved this union. My sister was too blind to see the sign of bad behavior from his partner. My sister gives him three beautiful sons. Despite everything, we have no choice but to support my sister and decided to stay in this marriage.
By stephanie cetoute4 years ago in Families
She Used to Walk Along the Railway Tracks
I grew up with my mother in housing next to the railway tracks. A one bedroom set-up, with stained walls and smudged windows. The stains mum hated. She said the long smears from watery leaks reminded her of a crying girl wearing mascara. The windows she didn’t mind. It didn’t matter that they were smudged when all there was to look at was dirty, rusted tracks home to passing trains wearing graffiti. Trains which shook the walls of our building every ten minutes, resulting in mum screaming FUCK as she was unable to steadily light her cigarette.
By Jasmine L S P4 years ago in Families
I Miss You
For 32 years you were my constant. You were the one I ran to when things were tough. Now I find myself all alone. There was not a day for 32 years that you were not there to love me and protect me. I miss your laughter, and I miss your smile. I miss your strength. The days come and go now. I fight everyday to get up, and not go back to sleep. It has been 3 years now when does it change. I did not get to mourn you the way I should have. Instead, the trials I was going through only made me ache for you more. I had to fight everything in me to go on.
By Sonja Williford4 years ago in Families
I still miss you
May 20th, 2021 my life forever changed. Growing up I never really had a father. Between the abuse I endured at age five at the hands of his girlfriend at the time and his family's dislike of my hard-working, dedicated mother he was never around. That being said I had a really great grandfather... I called him Pappy. He helped raise and teach my brother and I. Taught my brother how to draw and encouraged my love for music. He went to my band events... even helped pay for some of them. It's because of him and my mom that I got to go to Disney in 2011. He was my father figure. Wise and stern yet kind and gentle. May 20th of last year... I lost that father figure. He had passed away from a heart attack in his sleep and I found him that morning. It has been a year.
By Katelynn Marie 4 years ago in Families
Silent Thoughts
A year ago, I had just moved into my new apartment. The thrill of a new space, a different life, was still floating through the air. It was a much-needed fresh start after working a terrible life-sucking job all summer. I was settling in and adding the finishing touches to make it really feel like home. Then I got a call that changed everything.
By Lindsey Slama4 years ago in Families
A Mother's Day Voicemail For The Ages
A truncated version of this story was published last month in the pub What Is Love To You? under the title: '12 Years Later, Still, I Love My Mom'. That dramatically shortened version was edited to fit within the parameters of a 600-word or less writing contest.
By Kurt Dillon4 years ago in Families
