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Ruqayya Gibson
Apr 6, 20206 min read
Condolences From A Distance
Imagine coming home from the grocery store and finding out your mother, your child, your spouse had just been rushed to the hospital. ...
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Ruqayya Gibson
Mar 18, 20203 min read
Social Distancing in Grief
Social Distancing is new to some but is just another day to many grieving parents. To us, it has not necessarily been a voluntary social...
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Ruqayya Gibson
Mar 12, 20204 min read
The Longest Year
It’s been 365 days without you but still not quite a year. 365 days. 365 reasons to give up. 365 mornings of waking up to the...
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Ruqayya Gibson
Jan 6, 20203 min read
Dear Sports: an open letter about our love affair
12/3/19 Dear Sports, I know I lashed out at you and yes I know you deserved better- but so did I. I deserved the truth not the fairy...
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Ruqayya Gibson
Jan 1, 20203 min read
My Heavy Heart
Last New Year's Eve felt a lot like tonight. Something was off. I now wonder if my heart knew something that my mind did not. We fell...
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Ruqayya Gibson
Nov 18, 20193 min read
The Presence of Absence
I never knew absence could be so present... And that the presence of absence could be so deeply felt. My heart aches, longing to feel...
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Ruqayya Gibson
Nov 8, 20196 min read
The Overcomers
Grieving is a deeply personal process. No one can tell you how to grieve but we can offer tools that may be useful (or may not). As a...
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Ruqayya Gibson
Nov 6, 20193 min read
Healing Hearts
Grieving hearts are broken. Even when they heal they will never truly be the same. Yet and still we must make the active decision to...
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