“Tears are the words the heart cannot express.” How poignant these words have become almost 25 years later. Losing a child is like having a… Read More »Tears I Can’t Express: A Mother’s Heart After 25 Years
Dear Luijoe, It’s been 21 years . 21 years today… without seeing your impish smile, without receiving wild flowers with a note “I love you… Read More »A letter to my son in heaven
They say marriage is for better or for worse. Couples try to support and care for each other, through good times and bad. Usually, when… Read More »The Wounded Bird Syndrome
It’s that time of the year that I declutter my home. The library which is located in my home office is often filled with books… Read More »Five parenting lessons my beloved son taught me
When a child dies, it’s not the natural order of things. For many years, I struggled to find the meaning of my son’s death. Five… Read More »How my son reminded me about the comfort of St. John the Beloved
After years of denial, numbing feelings of pain and all sorts of emotions, I finally came true to myself. I learned to take care of… Read More »Taking Care of myself
Finding my new normal after a loss of a child was something I figured out along the way. Being a blogger is my new normal… Read More »This is my new normal
A year ago, my daughter shared me an article “Self help: try positive action, not positive thinking” The self-help industry is mired in ideas about… Read More »How “Acting As if” helped me in my recovery
So if someone says to us, by word or by action, “You should be over that by now,” we can recall the words from the… Read More »The myth of closure
Luijoe meadow somewhere in the North, where his grandparents live today The Holy Week is one of the most memorable time of the year. Being… Read More »Luijoe, my son and The Seven Last Words