death

I touched “Aunt Kelly” on the screen and waited for a robotic voice to say, “this number has been disconnected.” This is how I met Shawn.

I don’t have a plan if I die. Who could I possibly choose to replace me? No one can replace me. I'm one of a kind. I am a mother.

There is no more powerful place to learn a life lesson than at the bedside of the dying. At the end, very little matters.

Where is my loss awareness month? The greatest gift you could give to the parent of a child who has died is to speak of their child when you think of them.

We think of holidays and big moments first when we think about death. What we don’t talk about are the little moments in between, like surviving Autumn.

Death is the one thing that connects us all, and yet, it is one area in which we are least prepared.

If someone you care about is suffering through the pain of first holidays without someone they love, there are things you can do.

It's possible to mourn and celebrate, to be with someone you can't see or feel, and to find some kind of joy even when you're mired in loss.