by Kate Motaung | Mar 8, 2018 | Articles, Grief
If the tables had been turned, I would’ve had no idea how to be a good friend on such a difficult, emotional day. Shucks, I hardly know what to write in a sympathy card when my friends experience loss — and yet, on the day my mom died, my friends showed up...
by Kate Motaung | Feb 15, 2017 | Articles
It’s the morning after Valentine’s Day, and some single women and even couples are waking up with the lingering hangover of disappointment, crumpled tissues littering the floor next to the bed and swollen eye bags greeting them in the bathroom mirror. But...
by Kate Motaung | Jan 31, 2017 | Articles
Whether you’re an introvert or an extrovert, my hunch is that deep down, you long for connection. Maybe even crave it. Am I right? The reason I can say I’m pretty sure this is true about you is because I know where you come from. I know who made you, and how He did...
by Kate Motaung | Dec 12, 2016 | Articles, Christmas, Letters to Grief
I’ve been celebrating Christmas without my mom since 2011. I wish I could say it gets easier. This year I’m tempted to go back to Mom’s church for the Christmas Eve service we attended every single year without fail. But I know I’ll...
by Kate Motaung | Nov 23, 2016 | Articles
It has been a frequent topic of conversation lately, during the drive home after school. “But Mom, why can’t we do that? All my friends at school get to do it! It’s all they ever talk about, and it’s in my face all the time! I just don’t understand!” I look at my...
by Kate Motaung | Oct 5, 2016 | Articles, Home
I am Eilis from Brooklyn. I wonder if the main character in the 2015 film Brooklyn would say the same about herself. Would she introduce herself as Eilis from Brooklyn or Eilis from Ireland? I watch her story unfold and see my own in the...