mom

It’s six years since we had to say goodbye. You’ve missed all of the parts I wish you could’ve seen. All those things you wished for me are coming true,…

She: “Mom I’m making a toy at school. It’s a project. I’m making a robot alien” Me: “That’s so cool, babe. What are you going to call it?” She: “424-424”.…

Dear Mom, When a child turns five, their parents feel this strange sense of pride and longing. Like, five is a “whole hand” and the baby days are very over.…

It’s your birthday. How funny-wonderful it would be for you, this year, because the wedding has been planned to fall just after your birthday. It was planned around your special…

It’s a common enough thought that our children teach their parents more than parents actually teach their kids. I have to say that this is one truism that rings in…

I wrote this about a month before my mum left us. I wrote it when we knew as a family that cancer was claiming her. It was my final roar…

  Growing up, there were a variety of songs that stuck with me, that I hang on to, as they remind me of my folks. Specifically, though, I have a…

Dear Mum, You’d be seventy today. Seventy. That always seemed some weird, far off number when we’d laugh about it. You’d muse and say you’d be the cranky old woman…

It’s been a year, mom. It’s been a year when I’ve had to grow up. People say you don’t really grow up until your parents are gone. From when I…

This will be my first Mother’s Day without my own mom.  That fact burns in my heart, very much. I could go on about this but, I won’t. Instead, I’ll…