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Losing Ellie

Nov 17, 2014 By elinwaldal 44 Comments

Losing Ellie, my husband’s mother, was one of the most difficult things our family has experienced. Nothing, and I mean nothing, could have prepared us for her unexpected loss of life. What I have found is emotions stay. They don’t remain at the surface the way dried blood does as a scab to the skin. No, emotional wounds are different. All that […]

Filed Under: Death of a Parent, Grief, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: car accident, Death of a loved one, Death of Mother, Grief, Love, Mother

Phone Calls

Jan 27, 2011 By elinwaldal 3 Comments

It stems back to a different phone call. The phone call where I learned Jimmy’s mom had been killed in a car accident in a car that had made it’s own somersault launch from the freeway. We know it happens. We lived it. That is a phone call I never ever want to get again.

Filed Under: Women's Health & Wellness Tagged With: car accident, Fear, Friendship, Love, memories, Texting and Driving

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