I just wanted to do a quick post about why I decided to change the name of this blog. Originally it started out as 'Happiness In Grief'. When I first set up this blog, perhaps in the first year following Ric's death, I felt very connected to that title. It just made sense to me. Because I had managed to find little moments of happiness despite still being deep in the grief. And I do still like that saying, because I do feel like it is possible to feel happiness even when stil

Daddy's Bench is a passion project that started maybe within the first year after losing Ric. I was looking for books on the topic of...

I wanted to write today about how grief never really goes away. Even when we think we've got a handle on it, it finds a way to catch us...

2 years! It's been 2 years since you left this world. I can't quite believe it, 2 years seems like such a long time. Yet it feels somehow...

I want to talk about anger in grief. Emotions and grief change pretty much daily sometimes multiple times a day. In fact, near the...

Today as I write it is the day of little J’s 2nd birthday party! I still can’t quite believe he’s 2 already, and that I have now been a...

Being a solo mom.. where to start! Notice I’ve said ‘solo’ not ‘single’ because I do believe there is a difference. This is not in anyway...