What Stability Means Now
Stability after the unthinkable isn’t calm or certainty. It’s learning how to remain upright while everything inside feels louder.
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Living on a Fracture Line
Life didn’t shatter after loss. It fractured. This reflection is about learning how to live when the ground has shifted and stability is no longer guaranteed.
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The Version of Me That Broke
After losing my son, I learned to live with a permanent fracture. When my daughter died, her loss struck the same wound. A raw reflection on grief, multiple loss, and rebuilding without healing.
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Recognition Is Not the Same as Understanding
After losing a child, there is a language you learn without meaning to. It shows up in brief moments of recognition, when someone understands without asking for details.
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The Club Nobody Wants to Be In
There’s a language people learn after losing a child. It isn’t spoken out loud, but it’s recognized instantly. This is about the bond no one wants, and the quiet moments of recognition that make it bearable.
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Burnout Isn’t Always About Workload
Burnout isn’t always caused by too much work. Often, it’s a response to broken systems, powerlessness, and lack of recognition rather than a lack of resilience or effort.
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When Someone Sees You Without Asking for Details
A brief moment of quiet compassion after loss. A reflection on grief, different grief journeys, and what it means to be seen without being asked to explain.
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The Five Stages I Thought I Had to “Finish”
I thought grief would follow a pattern. Instead, I found myself cycling through emotions that didn’t make sense until I understood the stages differently. This post shares what denial, anger, bargaining, guilt, depression, and acceptance truly felt like.
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Grief: What It Really Feels Like After Loss
Grief after child loss is not a stage you pass through. It is shock that returns, quiet bargaining, physical longing, and a life that keeps going even when you feel like you cannot.
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How I Realized I’m Autistic
I didn’t grow up knowing I was autistic. I learned it slowly, through my daughter, through books, and through seeing my own patterns clearly for the first time. This is how I finally understood myself.
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