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Leaving the Nest

By: redtentwomen August 24, 2022July 30, 2022

Monthly Themes, relationships, The HomeAdult Siblings, graduation, Home, Katy Johnson Stafford, Katy Stafford, Leaving, siblings, Wednesday in the WeedsLeave a Comment

I was 17 years old and headed into my senior year of high school when my youngest sister was born. I remember feeling excited for Elly to come. But I also spent a lot of Elly’s first year of life worried. I worried that she and my sister Libby (who at that time was only…

Release

By: redtentwomen August 3, 2022August 2, 2022

Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipsAdult Siblings, Christine Browning, Healing, Loss, processing grief, trauma, Wednesday in the WeedsLeave a Comment

I finger the three separate baggies in my hand. They contain the remains of my father (age 95; died February 16, 2019), my mother (age 96; died July 22, 2020), and my youngest brother, John (age 64; died February 19, 2022). My two older sisters and I gather on the Oregon coast to celebrate the…