I go where the sick and dying go. I hold doors—and space—for those just like me. Where paper bracelets verify names and birthdays, quietly connected to life-changing diagnoses for reasons we will never understand. Where everyone looks so different on the outside, but beneath the surface, we are all waging the same war. I go to a place full of broken dreams, messed up plans, and worry for what the future will bring. Where the answers we search for are seemingly contaminated by

My mom passed away from lung cancer on August 31, 2021. She was 60 years old. At the time I had a 1 year old son and a 3 year old daughter. Shortly after she passed away, my daughter started to ask hard questions about Mimi. Where did she go? Can I call her? Can I go to heaven to see her? Can she see me? As any heartbroken mom would do, I searched for a book. For a way to explain where I believed that Mimi went. All of my life, I have always known by some force greater than m