Tag: #Blogging101 #grief #grieving #mom #photography #parent #loss

We’re going to pretend that I haven’t already been posting on WordPress and start from the very beginning here. Learning to blog, and do it well, is on my list of To Do’s for 2015. So here goes….Hi, my name is Kristi. And I’m a grieving mom.I feel like I’ve joined a self help group somehow. Where’s the echoing “Hi, Kristi” in return? In all seriousness though, I’m here to write about grief and how it changes your life so unexpectedly and completely. I lost my 21 year old daughter tragically in an apartment fire, along with 2 of her 3 roommates in Toronto on March 7, 2014. March 6th was my 40th birthday, I never talked to her again after that day. Never got to say good-bye or give her one last hug. We were much closer than a normal mother-daughter relationship and losing her has felt like losing a significant part of me too. She was my best friend, we communicated with each other constantly, and about everything. Her absence has made me feel so very alone. This blog will be an outlet for me as I deal with my loss as well as a way to help other parents who may be going through their own loss.As you may have noticed, my blog name is related to photography. Photography was what I originally started blogging about, and I’ve decided not to change that. Every once in a while, amongst the tough stuff, I’ll post a photo and something about it. A small way to remind me, and all of us, that the world is a beautiful place still. After all, I’m not just my grief.I look forward to the challenges of Blogging 101.Kristi