by Jenny | Jul 2, 2019 | Parenting, When the Other Parent Dies
A few weeks ago, on our last night of Safe Harbor I was given the question “if you could go forward to see the future or go back in time, what would you do?” I responded without hesitation, “I would go back in time to a moment when John was...
by Jenny | Apr 22, 2018 | Parenting, When the Other Parent Dies
Last Sunday it hit me like a ton of bricks….it was the one year anniversary of my new title of “only parent.” The “only parent” who would take her to get her hair and make-up done for prom. The only parent she would have at the...
by Jenny | Apr 12, 2018 | When the Other Parent Dies
…and then, unbeknownst to us, an 82 day clocking starting ticking on his life. April 12th, 2017 was diagnosis day…I knew John was visiting with a surgeon down at Penn Medicine to talk about having a small bump removed from the side of his neck. He had...
by Jenny | Mar 14, 2018 | When the Other Parent Dies
We look like graceful ducks paddling across the pond with our children, our ducklings in line behind us (hopefully). We post pictures on Facebook of smiles and accomplishments as if life is easy and awesome. As if nothing has happened. The truth is we are paddling...
by Jenny | Jan 31, 2018 | When the Other Parent Dies
“Hi, my name is Jen. I bring my daughter Stephanie tonight. She is 16 years old. On July 2, 2017 we lost her father, my ex-husband and dear friend, after his 81 day battle with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer. He was only 50.” These are the words I say as...
by Jenny | Jan 16, 2018 | When the Other Parent Dies
As many know, one of my children needed a group of peers whose members had also lost a parent. And to get her the type of support she needed we found our way to Safe Harbor. Honestly, not even I, the great wordsmith could do it justice in a sentence – so I...
