On the fifth anniversary of her death
On the fifth anniversary of her death
I had no idea that August 12th is World Elephant Day. I like to think that mom would have been happy about that. It’s been four years now and I miss her as much today as I did the day she left. It breaks my heart that my two boys will never know their her, […]
It is somewhat ironic that one of the ways I remember mom is by making sure to have at least one piece of chocolate every day. She struggled — battled, fought, really — with her weight for her whole life and always considered herself an ugly duckling. She never knew how much we really loved […]
Today is the second anniversary of mom’s death. I feel simultaneously like it was just yesterday and like it was a million years ago. I miss her every single day. I still cannot believe that she is gone and just how little the universe seems to care. She was — more than anything else — […]
In which mom writes about my sister