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On Being a Mom Without a Mom

On May 14, 2015   /   Faith, Grief, Identity, Motherhood, Women's Issues   /   2 Comments

My mom died of breast cancer when I was 15. At first, I missed the short-term comforts she brought. No more Chinese-takeout dinners on Friday. No more special trips to Canada or Florida. Soon I missed the lack of love and attention. I grew to believe that

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When a Mom Dies Young

On April 4, 2013   /   Faith, Grief, Motherhood   /   5 Comments

Amanda* is dying from breast cancer. In her early 40s with several young children, she recently told her husband that after she’s gone, she’d like him to remarry. Cancer drugs have sustained her life but stolen her hair. She takes them now to prevent her softening bones

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Dying Well

On February 4, 2013   /   Grief, Motherhood   /   14 Comments

My Mom would be 70 years old today. That seems old. I can only picture her as young–probably because she died at 46. In the prime of life, with a full head of thick brown waves, sparkling green eyes and a radiance that suggested she might be

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My Mother’s Faith

On August 7, 2012   /   Faith, Grief   /   9 Comments

Mom had more faith than anyone I’ve met. Unshakable faith in Christ, really. I was reminded of that recently, as I rifled through a box of nearly forgotten items from my childhood. I landed on an autograph book, a gift for my tenth birthday. Among the few

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