Mother My mother's birthday: A day for reflection Things I've learned in the three years since my mother's death.
Mother Andrew Garfield discusses grieving the loss of his mother You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Mother Dealing with death It has been a difficult weekend for Boston sports fans. The Patriots got drubbed by the Cowboys, 38-3, and the Red Sox disappointing season came to a merciful end. But that is just sports. In the grand scheme of things, who cares? Life is all about perspective. Last week, the
Mother How grounding saved me I lost my mother two years ago, so, yeah, it is not easy hearing all the commercials for Mother’s Day, seeing all the Hallmark cards, and reading all the social media posts.
Mother The day my mother died It was two years ago today that I kissed her forehead for the last time. I wrote this poem the day she died. I honor her memory by publishing it here.
Mother Grief is just love with no place to go “Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot.
Mother Buried in sand And it got me thinking. Do I really want to get better? Have I grown so accustomed to feeling this grief and pain that the idea of living any other way now scares me, or is not even appealing to me?
Mother Dealing with depression As if hitting that major milestone birthday was not hurtful enough, in the last year I lost my mother (MY best friend) and, subsequently, my job. And let us not forget that whole COVID thing which has hung over our heads for the last two years.
