endometriosis

It Happened to Me: Endometriosis Is The Most Painful Thing I've Ever Experienced, And Just 8 Months After Surgery It's Already Come Back

Most days I laid in bed and suffered, convinced that either I had some kind of cancer eating me from the inside out that no doctor could find, or that they were right and there was nothing wrong with me and the pain was an invention of my twisted mind.
Roxanna Bennett in
It Happened To Me, endometriosis, surgery, recovery, pain, grief

May 2, 2013 at 5:00pm | 106 comments

pregnancy

It Happened to Me: I Had An Ectopic Pregnancy

After struggling to get pregnant, I had to have a misplaced pregnancy surgically removed. When looking for comfort, I found reasons to be angry, and reasons to be persistent.
Leigh Kolb in
It Happened To Me, pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy, loss, grief, grieving

Apr 26, 2013 at 1:00pm | 62 comments

relationships

To My Sister: I Can't Force You To Like Me But I'll Try

She is absent in my waking life, and only appears at night while I sleep. She appears while I am sitting in my old family home, everything as it was when we were children apart from we are adults now.
Natalie in
Family Drama, relationships, sisters, grief, arguments

Mar 20, 2013 at 11:00am | 82 comments

moms

My Mother Is Gone and I’m Trying to Figure Out Why I Feel Fine

People ask me how I’m doing, and when I say, “I’m fine,” they nod, assuming I’m holding something back for their benefit. But I’m not. I am fine. I am good. I am all right.
Allan Mott in
Family Drama, moms, death, grief, mourning

Feb 5, 2013 at 5:00pm | 132 comments

babies

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: My Baby Daughter Died At Two Weeks Old

I would do anything to hear her heartbeat again. Why didn't I record it? I smell her little hat and cry.
IHTM CONTESTANT in
It Happened To Me, babies, ihtm raw, childbirth, death, grief, ihtm contest, IHTM

Jan 25, 2013 at 11:30am | 156 comments

friendship

Trying To Comfort My Friends Makes Me Even More Awkward Than Usual

Terminal illness requires a level of seriousness that I’m not naturally capable of.
Shayla in
Relationships, friendship, awkward, grief

Oct 9, 2012 at 11:30am | 22 comments

adoption

Fighting Ageism: Why I Adopt Senior Pets

When it’s been emotionally or financially taxing, I’ve still felt nothing but extraordinarily fortunate to share my home with such wonderful friends.
Brittany in
Relationships, adoption, animal death, animals, cats, depression, finding the hope in the sadness, grief, grieving, loss, pets, rescue pets, senior pets

May 8, 2012 at 11:00am | 86 comments

death

Why I Read Obituaries

Like so many other things that are quickly becoming outdated, obituaries are a useful form of communication that is lacking a user base.
Brittany in
Relationships, death, finding the hope in the sadness, grandparents, grief, how we publicly mourn, loss, not ashamed of my reading habits, obituaries

Apr 23, 2012 at 11:00am | 34 comments

babies

Pregnancy Scares the #&*%@ Out of Me

Mainly because I've been there and done that -- and it didn't end well.
Jenny in
Healthy, babies, childbirth, death, grief, health issues, loss, motherhood, pregnancy

Dec 7, 2011 at 11:00am | 0 comments

babies

It Happened to Me: I Had Multiple Miscarriages

My first miscarriage would rip the rug out from under me, alienating me from my own body, and startling me with a grief I never imagined possible The second robbed me of my faith in God’s hand on the universe.
Emily DiFrisco in
It Happened To Me, babies, childbirth, family drama, grief, miscarriages

Nov 10, 2011 at 12:14pm | 0 comments

brain tumor

A Letter to My Sister, Who Would Have Been 41 Today

Sometimes I am sure of who you would be if you had lived. Sometimes I am not.
MC Housework in
Family Drama, brain tumor, death, grief, Magnum P.I., open letter, sisters, the 1980s

Oct 14, 2011 at 1:00pm | 0 comments