Medicinal Grief - My Guide to Surviving Loss

I honestly don't know what I'm doing

9 Months

Nine months. It’s been 9 months since I held you in my arms. There’s something about that 9 month time span that always hits a mom in the...

Metaphors Galore

Waves keep crashing all around me, I get knocked down and just when I think I’m on my feet again, here comes another wave. I‘m in a pit...

On the Edge

I’m always on the edge. On the edge of a panic attack. On the edge of crying. On the edge of wanting to run away. On the edge of never...

Just Another Headline

You feel so empowered the first time a news reporter contacts you to share your tragic story publicly. After losing your child, you feel...

How to Walk the Medicine Walk?

How does a mom who’s been called to work in medicine return to a life of medicine when her son’s death haunts her every day? Not very...

Radio Silence

Some circumstances around unexpected deaths will require the surviving family and friends to take on a code of silence. It may be that...

Feel Like I Could Die Today

I’m listening to a lot of Five Finger Death Punch. We did as a family when Johnathan was still alive and now the songs and words have...

Wake Me From This Nightmare

What do you do when your subconscious is just as anxious and angry as your conscious mind? What’s in my head? Nightmares. Flashbacks. ...

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