Dear Mom,  Today is my third Mother’s Day as a mother. The fourth since losing you. The first when it really hit me that I’m Mom for life. I don’t think I ever really understood the significance of Mother’s Day… Continue reading

Dear Mom, Everyone grieves differently. Losing a loved one isn’t easy and I’ve recently been reminded that suffering is a natural part of life. When you died, I did everything in my power to not suffer. I masked my sadness… Continue reading

Dear Mom, It’s been three months since I last wrote to you. Sorry. Life keeps getting in my way. Not the best excuse, I know. But even with the lack of letters, I promise, I’ve been thinking of you. October… Continue reading

Dear Mom, It’s been a while since I’ve written to you. I apologize. Life got in the way. Today is an important day. It’s a day for me to set all other seemingly unnecessary tasks aside and sit down to… Continue reading

Dear Mom, Yesterday was warm enough in Chicago to ride my bike to work. As I rode along the lake I couldn’t help but think of you. After all, it is your final resting place. So, as I carefully made… Continue reading

Dear Mom, It’s been weeks since my last letter. I have the beginnings of a few different letters saved. I even have a couple finished ones, ready to go. Something has been keeping me from hitting that publish button. Is… Continue reading

Dear Mom, I’ve said it before, and unfortunately I think I’ll say it again, times like this make me grateful that you’re not here. I find comfort in the fact that you don’t have to feel the way that so… Continue reading

Dear Mom, I sat down this week to write to you with more confessions from my teenage years. However, as I walked through a beautiful park today after work, I was thinking about another topic that I just can’t get… Continue reading

Dear Mom, As I attempt to be more positive and grateful I am feeling a need to get some stuff off my chest. I am hoping by doing this I can rid myself of some negativity. Think of it as… Continue reading

Dear Mom, You always had an incredible amount of positivity despite all of the shit that you went through. Having your first child born with a severe birth defect, and then losing that child 21 years later, couldn’t have been… Continue reading