It’s Okay to Cry

“It’s okay to cry and you must be comfortable staying in the sadness until the sadness leaves us- and it will eventually leave us.” Ingrid Lanting

Tears as viewed from under a microscope, showing that tears of grief have straighter lines and more square shapes than tears from laughing or cutting onions.

Motherless Disney Princesses

It’s much harder for a motherless young girl to tackle large monsters and challenges without the protection and help of her mother.

Image of Disney Princesses, taken from Reddit

Memorial Gardens

Spending time remembering someone we love in nature is good for our soul.

My Personal Journey into Middle-Grade Fiction Writing

After I accepted the shock of my mother’s unexpected death, I had to learn how to grieve, but I didn’t know how. And everywhere I turned, I saw messages saying, “Don’t dwell on the past”, which kept me from grieving my mom and instead, suppressing it, the best I could. These were all unhelpful messages […]

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