Note: this is an excerpt from An Ordinary Death: Where Grief and Relief Hold Hands, available from Amazon.com. I’ve not written recently about my mother and my continuing grief process over losing her. Mainly, I’ve not written because I just didn’t want people to know how hard this is for me. So I’ve shoved it inside and let it fester and now I’m sick. Just a bad cold, but enough that I am not able to go to work right... Read more