A conversation with Amber Cook on the Dragonfly Connection
A conversation with Amber Cook on the Dragonfly Connection, where I talk about green dreams and raising my son in a new world.
Oils for Grief
Using essential oils for grief can help us walk through our pain in a way that can allow us to better manage in the world.
One Year
Peter and I were barely working between the two of us, he had been laid off and with struggles feeding Levi I was barely pulling 5 hours a week. We were at the DHS office applying for food stamps when Peter got the call that yes indeed TriMet was offering him a job. We had been at the DHS office since 7:20 am and we finally got home close to 10:30 am. We barely set our things down, relieved that there was more money in our future and we could at least buy food for our small family when the phone rang. It was my mother. It was one of those phone calls where you just know something is wrong, and how wrong it was. She asked if I was sitting down, and I think I sat down. She didn’t wait to tell me and simply said, “Cristi is dead.”
The Complicated Lives of Mothers and Children
I have a 13-year-old boy. My husband and I love our son terribly, and we didn’t plan out every detail of his existence. Namely that he would be here. So, in 2007, he came into this world a bundle of joy and moderate health problems. This was my introduction to very...