Losing a Daughter on Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day. A day where we send our children to school with small notes of affection to pass out to their classmates. A day we acknowledge those that we love; their presence in our lives and the roles that they play. A day of giving and receiving. But for Stacy Adams, Valentine’s Day is the day her daughter Arianna was killed…

My Mom’s Sourwood is Often Wearing a Scarf

CeCe Tree

I remember clearly being fearful of death from a very early age. My mom walking the giant rolling cemetery with her best friend, pushing my brother in a carriage and me in tow. I’m thinking I was five when they were talking about their final wishes. Cremation? What a terrible, awful thing… Fast forward 40 […]