Parenting Through Grief: Rediscovering My Purpose in Motherhood
Finding my way through motherhood, grief, and the life we are learning to live without their dad. Losing my husband, Noli, to cancer changed so much about our lives. It changed not only the way our family looks, but also how I see myself, my role as a mother, and the life I once knew. For years, we had a rhythm. We were husband and wife, partners in raising our children, sharing decisions, worries, little victories, and all the ordinary things that make up family life. We had our own ways of figuring things out, sometimes agreeing, sometimes not, but always knowing we were in it together. Then everything changed. I became a mother navigating a life I never imagined I would have to live. One where I would have to make decisions on my own, answer questions I never thought I would face, and figure out how to move forward while still trying to understand my own loss. Alone. I say this knowing that I am blessed with family and friends who have been there for us. But there is a particular ki...
