Loss

Lessons From Regret: Do It Anyway (A Poem)

In the months before my mom died she fell in love with a poem. This poem was called “Do It Anyway.” She asked if I would find a way to paint it up on her bedroom wall, and I told her that I would. I thought it sounded nice and totally planned on it, but of course life was busy…and I didn’t get to it. This was one of the many things that haunted me after her death. Here’s how I moved past this regret and remind myself to “do it anyway.”

Grief, Dogs, and Babies: What a Farting Dog Taught Me About Missing My Mom

My mom called me the night that she died.

She left me a voicemail and said she was looking forward to seeing me, and asked what time would I be over?

When I checked it from a coffee shop that night, I rolled my eyes: why did she think I was coming over?