Jennifer Blomgren

The response in our time of need was simply stunning

It has been one year.

November 28, 2013 is the first anniversary of my father's (Gary Blomgren's) death. It happens to land on Thanksgiving Day this year.

I have been trying to write this thank-you letter for a year now. Even as the shame, guilt, and embarrassment piled up at not being able to complete this task, I just couldn't.

I reminded myself that Dad would be appalled at my lapse of manners. It didn't matter. Every time I sat down to write, the grief was paralyzing. By now, I must be a platinum customer for Kleenex.

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