#motherless

Motherless Parenting

Apr 30, 2012

Cancer, cancer sucks, Loss Of My Mom, Mommy minute, moms, Motherless Mama

#motherless, motherless daughters, Motherless Mom

When I mention to an acquaintance that my mom died a long time ago, I am met with the pity look. The label gets stamped on my forehead like a marquee. Sometimes the other person asks how I take breaks or go to appointments. I answer, I don’t get breaks and my kids come with…
Isolation and Labels

Apr 2, 2012

#autism, birth moments, Loss Of My Mom, Marriage, moms, Motherless Mama

#motherless, autism and girls, World Autism Day

Watching my five-year-old tear around the school playground after school makes me ask myself if I was once that carefree. I realize that I must have begun for the first ten years of my life. I have small memories of after school play dates and skating club parties. That all changed the summer before…