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Grief That Grows
Healing did not mean letting my mother go. It meant learning how to keep loving her in a way that did not cost me my own life—and allowing grief to change shape into something quieter, steadier, and still full of love.
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Grief That Grows
After my mother died, my family did not grieve in the same way. My dad withdrew, my brother went quiet, and I had to learn that different expressions of grief do not mean abandonment—but they do change how we love each other.
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Grief That Grows
After eight years of anticipatory grief and the loss of my mother to early onset Alzheimer’s, I learned that grief doesn’t just take who you love—it takes the shape of the world you built around them.
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Parenting Again in Midlife: For the Mothers Who Thought They’d Be Done by Now
What happens when the season you thought was coming never arrives? This essay is for women who find themselves parenting again in midlife, in bodies that have already lived. A reflection on layered motherhood, chronic illness, neurodivergence, and loving deeply while grieving what has changed.
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Kids Do Well When They Can: Understanding Overwhelm Instead of Calling It Defiance
My daughter had reached her limit long before I realized it. In the truck after a long day, her tone sharpened, her words came out rude, and I felt that familiar mix of frustration and helplessness. In the moment, it looked like bad behavior. What I could not see yet was that she wasn’t being…
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When My World Turned Purple: Faith, Queerness, and Learning to Live Honestly
For years, my world looked red. Red meant rules, faith, and safety. Then everything I did “right” still fell apart. This is the story of how grief led me through rebellion, survival, and finally into a life that fits who I truly am.
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What Long-Term Commitment Looks Like in Real Life
Long-term commitment looks different when illness, kids, and stress are part of everyday life. A reflection on queer marriage, neurodivergent partnership, and choosing each other in quiet, practical ways.
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What Neurodivergent Love Really Looks Like in Real Life
Love doesn’t always look like romance or grand gestures. A reflection on neurodivergent love, commitment, and what real partnership looks like in everyday life.
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Consistency Doesn’t Mean Constant
used to believe consistency meant constant motion. Getting sick forced me to learn a different truth: returning matters more than pace, and slow progress still adds up.
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Rest Didn’t Change Me. It Revealed Me.
rest and identity, slow living, chronic illness perspective, neurodivergent life, creative identity, writing as healing, redefining success, presence over productivity, motherhood and rest, living gently, Midwest Mimi, finding clarity
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Letting Go of Good Mom Guilt
For a long time, being a “good mom” meant juggling everything. This is a gentle reflection on energy, limits, and what letting go of good mom guilt looked like for me.
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3 Gentle Ways to Get Nature Exposure in Winter When You Can’t Tolerate the Cold
Winter can be a hard season when you live with chronic illness. These are three gentle ways to stay connected to nature during cold months, without forcing your body into pain.
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The Life I Wanted Didn’t Die. It Changed Shape.
I thought I knew what my life would look like. A degree. A career. Stability. Security. A future I could count on. Then I got sick. What followed wasn’t just the loss of health, but the slow grief of watching the life I planned slip out of reach. Almost dying forced a reckoning. I couldn’t…
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