I don’t have a lot of friends. I’m the one who is often looking in from the outside, the friend who is sometimes invited, sometimes after the fact. I’m not part of the neighborhood texts or the get-togethers to chat about life. I’m a homebody, the one who people make small talk with, but …
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Finding help after the death of a child
“Have you discussed plans for Baby A? She is downstairs in the hospital morgue.”It’s a moment I’ve never really talked about, yet it’s an unfortunate reality for those of us who have experienced the loss of a child. As new parents, my husband and I were supposed to be planning our nursery and …
If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all
Alright, friends…can we have a little chat? We need to start lifting each other up, not tear each other down. A stranger recently came up to me and was shocked by how I looked. “WOW! People say the camera adds 10 pounds, but it adds so much more! You look good in person, but boy, the camera …