by Mary Carey | Nov 30, 2022 | death, grief, grief during holidays, grieving
This is the inside padding of Chester’s bed that has been sitting in my laundry room for five months. And this is Chester. I have to use the past tense now when speaking about Chester, and I find that to be just another assault on my heart. Going from “is” to “was” is...
by Mary Carey | Nov 10, 2022 | active listening, empathy
I have the very good fortune of having a friend who is a Child Development Specialist. She works with kids who have been traumatized and helps them heal and move forward with their lives. Her name is Jess. She is very smart and very warm. I always feel better after a...
by Mary Carey | Apr 28, 2022 | adult friendships, friend, friends, friendship, friendship ending
My friend used the term divorce to explain the end of a friendship, and I thought there has to be a better way to describe these endings, which the Adulting 101 course I never took, didn’t happen to mention. Apparently, this is a fairly common phenomena that many...
by Mary Carey | May 8, 2021 | discrimination, Motherhood
As… *Multiple friends who were former stay-at-home moms, accept positions that are 100% commission *One woman, who has been a top sales person every year in her career, accepts a full-time position paying 40% less than her previous part-time position *Another, who has...
by Mary Carey | Aug 28, 2020 | attachment, death, family
Luke Kluchko was my friend at Pitt. He was actually friend number three for me. He passed away last week, and although Luke and I weren’t friends who met for lunch every day or planned trips to see each other post-graduation, his death is still a painful loss....