Category Archives: Comforting the Grieving Mother

Looking For Someone to Blame in Tragedy

Have you ever noticed when something bad happens, people automatically look for someone to blame? When Emmy died, there were people who wanted to blame us for a myriad of things.  There were others who wanted to blame the surgeon or the hospitals and ...

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Grieving On Purpose

Once upon a time, another grieving mother told me that someday I would find that I would need to grieve on purpose.  I would find there would be days when I would ...

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Grief – What Can I Do?

I started to respond to Amanda's question in the comments section of the Grief is Dirty post, but realized it needed it's own post. This isn't the first time I've been asked what someone should do when someone they know is grieving, so I'll try to offer ...

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Moving…again

photo creditMuch of our married life has been spent moving.We married between our freshman and sophomore years in college and had to rent a tiny apartment for the few months between the wedding and moving back ...

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