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By Mary Esele, APRN Optum Breast Care According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), breast cancer is the second most…

And then there are timeswhen my grief is silently hiding,stealing my voice,slipping into the pausesbetween breath and word. It curls…

This was our family’s first year gardening. The kids and I had fun learning and spending time together. We built…

Grief often comes in waves. There are stages, yes—but they don’t arrive in neat order or follow a checklist we…

A new school year has begun – I look forward to it every year. What I don’t look forward to…

We’re just a few days past six weeks into this new, uninvited season of grief, and last week, I got…

Our house had an intruder last week. A magical, imaginary one that we all anticipated with joy, but still. It…

Our home, full of toddlers and all their messes, has purposely white walls. As in, we painted them all white…

Grief has a way of reshaping us—sometimes subtly, other times in sudden, unrelenting waves. This past month, I experienced one…

From the series: “Grief in Real Time: A Caregiver’s Journey Through Sudden Loss” Some moments burn into your memory forever.…