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A Christmas Ornament

A Christmas Ornament

by Meg McElwain | Dec 22, 2020 | Cancer Mom, Faith, Grief, Mental Health, Momcologist, Resilience

Mitchell Bays Turner 👼🏻 This photo was taken Christmas 2012✨ Death leaves a hole in your heart that starts to heal as time goes by. The deeper the love for the person, the greater and longer you feel the pain. It gets easier to carry; you just have to keep going. You...
My Mental Illness

My Mental Illness

by Meg McElwain | May 26, 2020 | Grief, Life, Mental Health, Momcologist, Momcology, Philanthropy, Resilience

I rarely talk publicly about the depth and specifics of my own mental health illness and struggle before and since Mitchell died; and I almost NEVER talk about being hospitalized and put on suicide watch right after the one year anniversary of his death. It was March...
Mitchell’s Fund

Mitchell’s Fund

by Meg McElwain | Feb 18, 2020 | Cancer Mom, Faith, Grief, Mental Health, Momcologist, Momcology, Philanthropy, Resilience

The mission of Mitchell’s Fund is to improve the mental well-being of children and families who have experienced trauma. It’s about Mitchell, but also his big brother Frank’s experience dealing with the trauma of his brother’s long illness and death Our family...
“Praying for Mitchell” Bracelet

“Praying for Mitchell” Bracelet

by Meg McElwain | Jan 22, 2020 | Cancer Mom, Grief, Mental Health, Momcologist, Momcology, Resilience

Over the holiday, Frank asked for one of the orange “Praying for Mitchell” bracelets that everyone wore when Mitchie was sick. I told him that I only had a few left and I keep them in our safe so nothing can happen to them. He really wanted something that he could...
New Decade, New Goals.

New Decade, New Goals.

by Meg McElwain | Dec 20, 2019 | Cancer Mom, Faith, Life, Mental Health, Resilience

One of my goals for the new decade is to step away from and avoid toxic relationships and situations. I am glad to say goodbye to the past decade and plan to move forward by surrounding myself with people who live with integrity, pass less judgement and show more...
Blues Bag

Blues Bag

by Meg McElwain | Oct 15, 2019 | Cancer Mom, Faith, Grief, Life, Mental Health, Momcologist, Momcology, Philanthropy, Resilience

It’s been 5.5 years since my Mitchie died. The grief has gotten easier to carry but the deep pain is still sometimes there. The death of a child, parent, sibling or spouse are the hardest and darkest to grieve. Grief is not something that you “get over” but rather you...
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