Tag: grieving

• “What if it is her last…”

  The firsts. But not the good kind of “firsts”. The firsts that come after someone dies. First birthdays, Christmas. Anniversaries. Everything feels so empty and hollow. No one really knows what to say or how to feel. Much like having kids, there isn’t really a book on how to deal with all of this (there…

  Corrie

  August 27, 2026

  Blog, journalling, Memories, Musings

  death, family, grief, grieving, life, losing your mother, loss, love, Memories, mental health, mom, mother-daughter, Mothers & Daughters, motherwound, Writing

• The Banana Counter

  I had a moment today. When I was in the Sobey’s in Spruce Grove, I realized, as I stood there in the bakery department, that I hadn’t been there since before my mom died. It was her local grocery store, and the one that she preferred. It was smaller and quieter than the other stores in…

  Corrie

  May 17, 2026

  Blog, Memories, Musings

  bananas, death, family, grief, grieving, healing, life, loss, love, Memories, mental health, mothers and daughters, Writing