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You wanna know how life works? A'ight, let's do this. You come home and find everything different. You think you've been wronged, only to...


Standing Up Inside and Being All In
The following is the main text from a talk I delivered to a congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday,...
65
65. That's the number of texts my husband and I exchanged on this date, one year ago. The thread starts with a funny, encouraging meme he...


Remarriage: A Surprising Aftershock
I've been meaning to write this for quite some time, but didn't quite feel ready for it before. I think I'm ready to write now. **deep...

Closing Chapters...
So many important chapters in my and Brandon's life are closing right now. UVU's MBA graduation was beyond beautiful. The moving tribute...


Familiversary & the Wisdom of Wendy's
Yesterday was my anniversary. Our anniversary, that is. (One thing that happens in widowhood, is you become more aware of how pervasive...


Grieving with a 4-year-old
It's been 9 months today. After looking at some pictures, I walked up to my 4-yr-old, who was washing dishes (yeah, pretty great kid),...


Hope
The following is the transcription of a talk I gave at church on June 11, 2017. For those unfamiliar, in LDS congregations, the speakers...

Grieving x 3
One unexpected thing about Brandon dying is I find myself mourning not only the loss of my husband (1), but I'm also mourning the loss...


Grandpa's One Piece of Advice
On Memorial Day, I spent time with a lovely family and had the opportunity to spend a few minutes in heartfelt conversation with the...
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