Tag: grief
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The Silence Between Knowing and Writing: What Happened After My Late Autism Diagnosis
What happened after my late autism diagnosis: five months of silence, post-diagnosis depression, and the body-first way I processed grief before I could write again.
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The Demon Marks Were Always Mine: What K-Pop Demon Hunters Taught Me About Late Autism Diagnosis and Self-Acceptance
On receiving a late autism diagnosis at forty. The grief of finally understanding yourself, and what self-acceptance looks like after decades of not knowing.
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When Your Neurodivergent Child Asks About Death: What I Said, and What I Didn’t
My young son asked what happens when I die. A reflection on how to answer the hard questions when you’re raising a deeply sensitive neurodivergent child.
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When You Feel Like You’re Drifting: The Quiet Sadness of Parenthood
There is a sadness that lingers in the pauses of parenting. On feeling lost, unseen, and learning to make room for yourself.
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The Circle of Life: On the Things I Can’t Hold for My Children
My son asked why life takes back the things it loves. What palliative care taught me, and what I am still learning as his mother: I am not in control of the circle.
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A Legacy Left Unwritten: What Palliative Care Taught Me About Parenting and Purpose
I met a dying mother of two young boys when I was pregnant with my first. Her story changed how I think about legacy, parenting, and what truly matters.
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When Doing Our Best Doesn’t Feel Like Enough: Lessons from Palliative Care and Parenting
As an OT in palliative care, I met a wife whose husband had brain cancer. She changed how I see parenting. On doing your best even when it doesn’t feel enough.
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Both Things Are True: Loving Motherhood and Mourning the Life You Gave Up For It
I chose my children over my career, knowing what I was giving up. I don’t regret it. I still grieve it. And I’ve finally stopped pretending those two things can’t both be true.