Tag: grief

• Last Year & Today: March 22

  

  This is the first time I’m trying this: starting with journal notes I made 1 year ago on this date, how I feel on re-reading these notes, and comparing where I was then with today. Should be interesting.

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  March 22, 2023

  Last Year & Today

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• Second Spring

  

  I wrote this letter to my daughter on March 20, 2023, the first day of Spring. This is my second spring without her, and I still have more questions than answers.

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  March 21, 2023

  Letters to Valerie

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• 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

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• 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.

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  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

• Dear Valerie: An Introduction

  

  A letter to my readers, introducing my blog, Dear Valerie: Remembering My Daughter.

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  February 3, 2023

  About this blog

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• Immortality: The Poem

  

  Immortality, the Clare Harner poem, was a favorite of my daughter Valerie. I’ve also created a video, an illustrated reading of this poem, available now on YouTube.

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  February 3, 2023

  Uncategorized, YouTube Videos

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• The Birthday That Never Was

  

  This is the letter I wrote to Valerie on her birthday in 2022, only a few weeks after she died.

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  February 3, 2023

  Letters to Valerie

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