Finding My Mom In Small Goodbyes

This is the story of a mother and a daughter. This is the story of a daughter finding her mother, and possibly herself, as cancer takes them away from one another. This is, hopefully, the story of both of them finding some peace in the face of great loss.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Grief

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This grieving process is definitely something new for me. Yesterday was mom's cemetary service. I felt an incredible amount of peace h...
Sunday, October 25, 2009

Mom's Funeral (w/video link and copy of eulogy)

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It is the day after my mom's funeral. It's still feeling awfully surreal and I am processing SO much. Her service was so beautiful. ...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Perspective and more pain

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I have mentioned here before that a Doula acquaintance of mine has been struggling with a terrible, aggressive cancer in her 14 year old son...
Monday, October 19, 2009

Firsts

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I apparently am now defining my life in the "first since my mom died" moments. There was the first night trying to sleep after my...
Saturday, October 17, 2009

Be nice to your kids...plan your funeral.

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So, today I made another trek up north to go through the funeral preparations with dad. I stopped at the cemetery on the way up to sign som...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Grief & Mourning

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The stages of grief are defined as: Denial (this isn't happening to me!) Anger (why is this happening to me?) Bargaining (I promise I...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

And so this is how it ends...

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I think everyone that reads my blog already knows that my mom died yesterday. 208 days. In some ways that is remarkable because I remember h...
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