Category: Holidays & Anniversaries

• The End of January

  

  This is the letter I wrote to Valerie on the first anniversary of the day she died. In some ways, losing her is even harder now, after a whole year of daily reminders of the impact of her death.

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  March 21, 2023

  Holidays & Anniversaries, Letters to Valerie

  anniversaries, celebrating life, grief, grieving, grieving mother, learning from grief, losing an only child, sharing memories

• My First Mother’s Day Without Valerie

  

  A very difficult day: the first Mother’s Day I had to spend without my daughter. This and every other holiday is now and forever changed.

  Colormusing

  March 21, 2023

  Holidays & Anniversaries, Letters to Valerie

  celebrating life, grief, grieving, grieving mother, Holidays, learning from grief, losing an only child, mother's day, sharing memories