Ruqayya GibsonApr 6, 20206 min readCondolences 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. ...
Ruqayya GibsonMar 18, 20203 min readSocial Distancing in GriefSocial Distancing is new to some but is just another day to many grieving parents. To us, it has not necessarily been a voluntary social...
Ruqayya GibsonMar 12, 20204 min readThe Longest YearIt’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...
Ruqayya GibsonJan 6, 20203 min readDear Sports: an open letter about our love affair12/3/19 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...
Ruqayya GibsonJan 1, 20203 min readMy 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...
Ruqayya GibsonNov 18, 20193 min readThe Presence of AbsenceI never knew absence could be so present... And that the presence of absence could be so deeply felt. My heart aches, longing to feel...
Ruqayya GibsonNov 8, 20196 min readThe OvercomersGrieving 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...
Ruqayya GibsonNov 6, 20193 min readHealing HeartsGrieving hearts are broken. Even when they heal they will never truly be the same. Yet and still we must make the active decision to...