sadness.  Sometimes its in the background, sometimes it interrupts your thoughts throughout the day and sometimes it’s just plain heavy.  But it’s always there.  You learn to live with it.  It’s familiar.  It’s now a constant companion. I’m not talking about the overwhelming sadness that accompanies the initial grief of losing someone. I’m talking about …

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is not for the faint of heart.  I don’t know who “they” are…(I suspect single parents) but “they” are right. Almost 23 months ago I suddenly became a single parent.  I went from being a team to being one. Five young lives were instantly my sole responsibility.   I remember those months early on.  Of …

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