If Christmas is about helping people in need, then this is a Christmas story. On December 11, almost seven months after she was diagnosed with colorectal cancer and only a day short of her 34th birthday, my daughter, Sarah, passed away. I am not going to write here about our grief, or the devastating loss […]
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On Dogs and Mother’s Day
I don’t need a national holiday in order to miss my mother, who passed away four years ago, or to miss my children and grandchildren, who live too far away. When my children were at home, I had a love-hate relationship with Mother’s Day. Sure, there was the chance for a dinner I didn’t have to cook, but […]