Blog — page 3 · A Word From Momma Bird

The aftermath of a suicide attempt: family dynamics, the weight carried as the oldest of four, and what she wants anyone still there to know.

7 August 201910 min read

Amanda's own account of her suicide attempt as a teenager, the friend who intervened, and the semicolon tattoo that reminds her to continue.

31 July 20196 min read

The letter the Bird family wrote to the sellers of the house they hoped to buy, and everything that home came to mean after a year of cancer.

5 July 201911 min read

What a new counsellor helped surface about the little girl still looking for love, and the realisation that what she wanted was already there.

5 June 20195 min read

The day the diagnosis finally arrives for a son: relief, vindication after years of being doubted, and grief for the struggles still ahead of him.

22 May 20197 min read

How this blog began as an outlet during an aunt’s cancer diagnosis and then her own, plus two pieces of advice for anyone starting to write.

14 May 20196 min read

How one unexpected hug from another mom landed during the worst of an anxiety spike, and why small acts of kindness matter more than we realise.

1 May 20197 min read

A novel about a father and daughter sets off an honest reckoning with growing up without a dad, and with forgiveness that keeps being tested.

24 April 20197 min read

A WEEZER concert sets off a candid reflection on getting older, changing in the mirror, and measuring age by living rather than by the number.

11 April 20195 min read