I’ll Never Forget Your Last Breath
Jay here! There’s many things from the cancer/hospice journey I have forgotten, but not this. Never this. My dad had been on hospice for a […]
Part One
Where Did My Energy Go?
Shell here: If you have been following our blog for a while, you know that cancer stormed into our home; ravaged it; destroyed my husband; […]
Miss Him So Much It Hurts
Shell here! The grief journey can suck most of the time. Some days you can be okay and go about your day like a normal […]
My Rockin’ Papa
Jay here! My mom’s dad (I called him Papa) died two weeks after my dad. It was kind of sudden–he was suddenly incapacitated, and then […]
Balancing Teen Years with Grief
Jay here! While my grief is still a part of my life, I still face regular teenager struggles too. It’s not the issues of dating […]
How did I survive?
Shell here! Jay and I have been dedicating a lot of time to writing our book. Reliving the cancer journey with our writing has been […]
Compound Grief
Shell here! A question that might appear sometimes regarding grief is, “how does one handle grief?” As I type this, I really took the time […]
Moving Forward
Shell Here! When Art first died, I wanted to move away. My motives were very obvious because two hours after they took his lifeless, cold […]
Growing Pains
Jay here! Today, I would like to talk about growing up without a dad. I’ve talked about experiences immediately after his death, but that’s not […]
Father’s Day 2020
Jay here! Ah, Father’s Day. The day full of awkwardness. Father’s Day has always been weird for me because it is so close to my […]