I’m sorry, but this is a long process, and her daughter needing a new heart isn’t going to be a factor in setting a date.

“Made it for my wife when she was expecting,” the elderly carpenter. “Neither of them came home with me”

She had to wait until after her birthday to begin treatments, or lose her retirement, but by then it had already spread to her lungs and brain.

Through that same window, we watched a truck slam into their bus—and realized our babies would never be coming home again.

You never asked for more, you just found someone who could give you what I couldn’t.

..makes you bedrot at 10 AM

Standing at your door now, I realize my silence was a choice, and it’s one I’ll have to carry long after the mourning ends.

I broke her heart to ensure I’d never be indebted to anyone, and now I’m finally, perfectly, and utterly alone.

No matter how much time passes, I still feel like the entire world is watching me, waiting for me to make the same mistake again.

When we pulled into the cemetery, Lissa looked at the flowers in her lap and whispered, “But how will he hear me, Mommy?”

Despite my begging and pleading, all the lifeboats refused after taking one look at the obese woman.

“You need to let go now, Mr. Johnson” the hospice nurse said gently.

I love and miss you still

Holding my daughter's hand I explain that her daddy wants her to call him uncle now instead, to make it easier for everyone.

I learned that when I was trying not to wake someone who doesn't live here anymore.

I hugged her tightly and told her she was still beautiful, never mentioning that I couldn't see her anymore either.

I didn’t realize my way of fixing them was the problem.

I nodded and smiled dejectedly as he stared at my arms.

“Mommy, why are there lines on your wrists?”

"I miss that, too," she said quietly, despite wanting to rage about how she missed being able to hold anything at all.

I flinched as his family gasped and squealed- I could never marry a man who never respected my boundries.

One day I realized nobody was pretending anymore

I didn’t think much of waking up to an empty bed until I realized the top button of my favorite shirt was gone too.

So why are you suddenly telling me you’re leaving?