This story was featured on Purple Clover in March of 2017. I’m missing these two this morning. Those dreaded words, “My mother wants to meet you,” rang in my ears. Dodi was not thrilled that her son, Scott, was dating a divorced woman with two small boys. I hadn’t even met her yet and already…
National Grief Awareness Day 2018
Grief is a very lonely emotion. I remember going to a family party months after my mom passed away. Everyone was laughing and having a great time. All I could think was that she should have been there with us. I could feel the tears start to sting. Eighteen years later, I still feel she…
Wilfred’s in Heaven
I didn’t really want another dog, but our other Cocker-poodle mix was lonely after our other dog passed away. I talked myself in and out of getting another pet for weeks. I visited pet shelters, checked rescues and sure enough not a single dog called to me. I decided then and there God was telling…
How To Know You’re a Grandmom
When my kids were little, I constantly tried to keep the house clean. With five kids, it was futile. We always had sports equipment, school bags, lunchboxes, and jackets piled in the entrance hallway. You had to climb over a mound to get to the kitchen. This made me crazy! That’s a mother. When…
Missing My Younger Dad on Father’s Day
My dad, Jimmy Lawless, will celebrate his ninety-fifth birthday in Heaven this April. I can’t even imagine him as an old man. He never needed a wheelchair or lugged oxygen canisters behind him while he was alive. He rode his blue bicycle every day, waving to the neighbors into his sixties….
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