I had always heard that having a loved one die by suicide is extremely difficult, but, as with many things in life, you don’t truly understand it until you experience it yourself. It’s a club to whic

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My mom was in her 90s, and I knew her death was getting closer. It could be one year away or maybe more, but I knew it would come before my heart or head were ready. I began reflecting on all the

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It was a cool October day when Vivian arrived at her ‘forever’ home. Being a rescue dog who had never met me; I wondered what would happen if we didn’t get along. That thought quickly escaped my min

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I lost my mother in 2017 after a long battle with Parkinson’s and other effects of old age. My parents and most of extended family live in Minnesota. The last few years of her life as the progressio

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Hello, Maple Tree. As you stand there in your lofty grandeur; brightly glowing, basking in the fall sunlight. Colored leaves catching the gentle breeze and landing at my feet I wonder if you know. Do

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