Tag: family
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Thank you for understanding: Grieving the mom I’ll never have
You ever have those nights were you’re thinking about something and you can’t go to sleep because of it? You fall asleep for what seems like a minute, and wake up thinking about the same thing again. That was me, the night I wrote my piece about grieving the mother I’ll never have. (Read it…
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Grieving the mother you never had
This will be my first full year without my mom. She’s around, somewhere living her best life. I’m trying to do the same, but I have to do it without her. Mother/daughter relationships can be complex. They go through phases. As a teen, mom knows nothing, as a adult you find out mom was always…
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How to survive being alone for Thanksgiving
You don’t have family to spend Thanksgiving with? I’ve got some tips for you. My experience with homelessness and moving away from family led me to spend many Thanksgiving holidays alone. The hardest part about being alone for the holidays is, being alone. Holidays are deemed a time for family and friends, it’s easy to…
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