They say, “She’s at rest.” Their bald mother lays with distorted breast. Breasts that fed Removed. Arms that held Motionless. Her warm smile Her voice Her love Locked in the vault of the soul. Her children’s liminality has ended. Today, they are only parents They can throw away the adult diapers The myriad of pills and […]
Today’s guest post is written by Sara LeeAnn Pryde. “Speaking of dead moms…” As if one can delicately work that into polite conversation. Which is why today is so impossible. Every year on January 29th – what would have been my mother’s birthday – my sisters and I wake up to our lives and […]
Today’s guest post is written by Heidi Evans: Most children wish for a pony, or maybe a trip to Disney World when they blow out their birthday candles. For as long as I can remember, on my birthday I would wish for a cure. A cure that would keep my father around for my birthday […]
Today’s guest post is written by Bridget Groh: May 23, 2012. I will never forget that day as long as I live. I can remember how the air smelled as I walked into my childhood home for the last time believing my mom was alive, I know exactly what I was wearing, what I did with […]
Today’s guest post is written by Lynsie Lee: They say you can’t help someone if they don’t want it for themselves. You can shove resources into their face, offer time, money, every ounce of yourself. But if they don’t want help, there is nothing you can do. Sadly, this is the case with my mother […]