Miss You Every Day
Do I miss you every day? Good parents say they will, they do. They will think of their lost baby, missing son, dead child, each and every day. I don’t …
Sara Barry
Holding Joy & Sorrow Together
By Sara Barry Light and dark. Joy and sorrow. December is a time for these extremes that are parts of the same whole. Darkness sneaks in early and lingers in …
How many kids do you have?
By Sara Barry by Sara Barry Lights flashed and the disco ball made shapes on the floor. Kids shrieked and balls and bins clattered. Typical bowling birthday party. “I don’t …
Why I Love the Gift of a Heart of Stone
by Sara Barry “Here,” my 11-year-old neighbor thrust a bag at me. I looked at the birthday cake on the side, confused. It was over a month since my birthday. …
Still not over it?
By Sara Barry In the lead up to Mother’s Day this year, I almost forgot it was coming. Almost. But my body knew what was coming even if I didn’t …
Talismans and Touchstones: What Gets You Through
Healing a HeartBy Sara Barry I found my forget-me-not charm the other day while scrabbling my fingers through a dish on my dresser for an earring match. The charm is …
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How Grief Shifts Like the Lengthening Days
Healing a HeartBy Sara Barry Tonight, the sky was a bruise of color to the west, but still, the light lingered, even as dinner got done later than planned. It …
When Joy Finds You on the Darkest of Days
Healing a HeartBy Sara Barry Some Decembers you don’t put up a tree. You let others do the shopping and the wrapping. You wait to get through the month. Some …
You Don’t Have To Be Grateful…
Healing a HeartBy Sara Barry You don’t have to be grateful. We are thick in the season of gratitude. A holiday of thanks and abundance nearly upon us. There …
What We Let Go Of
Healing a HeartBy Sara Barry I let go of my idea of how my baby would be born. I let go of the notion of holding him to my breast, …