Canny Kayna

You still reach for your phone sometimes, don't you? Not because you forgot. You know. But muscle memory doesn't grieve the way your heart does. Your thumb still knows the number. Your body still thinks she'll pick up. That is one of the most specific griefs that goes unnamed. The ordinary ambush. The habit your hands haven't caught up to yet. I know it because I do it too. I lost my Mama in October 2024, two days after her open heart surgery. I was 7,000 miles away. On FaceTime with my...

Is it just me, or do you experience this too? That feeling that creeps up when the kids are already sleeping, the house is so quiet, and you're cleaning and resetting. It's the quiet grief that comes with a slow ache in your heart. The mixed feeling of happiness as you replay how your day went: the new milestone your baby just unlocked, the new word your toddler surprised you with, the little ordinary moment that made you smile. And then, right in the middle of all that warmth, you remember...