My daughter, a person I cannot live without, has moved on. Yet I had to consider – for five minutes in April, 2011 – living without her. Also that she may have to live without me. That moment as a parent never left me.
The Alabama Mothers We Lost in 2018
If anyone wants to know what it feels like to bleed to death, they can ask me.
What it’s like to lose a loved one to gun violence
I peered over my grandfather’s casket, trying desperately to see – and wanting not to see – where the bullet hit his head.
What’s it like to graduate at 75? Ask my dad.
There is no playbook for going back to school at 75. Comical things happened
Why having a baby almost killed me: My postpartum nightmare
Almost 14 years after one of the most difficult times in my life, I hope my words might reach someone who feels the same way I did for all of that time. Hope will find you.