Mary Jensen
This is My New Normal...Five Months after My Son’s Death
It’s been five months now. Five months since Erik’s death. I still have a hard time saying that. While I know he is gone, it is...
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Mary Jensen
Dec 25, 20183 min read
A Different Kind of Christmas
It’s Christmas day. Our home is decorated inside and out with ornaments and holiday trinkets. Garland carefully draped along the...
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Mary Jensen
Nov 11, 20182 min read
A Faithless Grief
We all experience grief in our own way. I suppose some people can process grief more easily than others. I am not one of those people. ...
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Mary Jensen
Oct 7, 20182 min read
My Heart is a Firestorm Fueled by Grief
The palms of my hands hurt. Yet the scorching pain in my heart is relentless. I feel as if I am losing my mind. The hardest times for...
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Mary Jensen
Sep 28, 20183 min read
It's called a Bereavement Support Group
After some confusion with my GPS map, I finally found the right building on the Hospice property where the bereavement support group...
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Mary Jensen
Sep 25, 20181 min read
A few thoughts before my first grief support group meeting
Tonight I am going to my first grief support group meeting which is hosted by the local hospice. I heard it's a very good group. I don't...
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Mary Jensen
Sep 23, 20182 min read
My Heart is Broken, Still Life Goes On
I had this dream a few nights ago. It was a weird dream. I was in an old fashioned home. The rooms were painted in dark colors. There...
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Mary Jensen
Sep 11, 20181 min read
When will
My sister, Emily, wrote this beautiful poem in memory of my son Erik. I loved it and wanted to share it with you. #ErikHoxie...
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Mary Jensen
Sep 11, 20182 min read
I need help getting through this
I think my husband is worried about me, seriously worried. Sunday night I was watching a show on TV. It was the last episode, the...
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Mary Jensen
Sep 6, 20182 min read
I am not alone in my grief
These last few days have been very difficult. I don’t know why but I have been extremely emotional this week. Grief has a funny way of...
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Mary Jensen
Aug 31, 20181 min read
A Mother's Grief
The other day I was out walking the dogs. I heard a loud car coming down the street. It sounded like yours. I suddenly stopped and held...
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Mary Jensen
Aug 28, 20182 min read
The Eulogy I Could Not Give
The day Erik was born was one of the two happiest days of my life. The second of course, being the day his brother, Christopher was born....
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Mary Jensen
Aug 26, 20182 min read
My Heart Aches
One moment, two weeks ago, our lives changed forever. It started just like any other Saturday, a lazy morning after a long and busy week....
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