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Erin Benson

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I am happy: A memoir of child loss

I am happy: A memoir of child loss

This is not a story about a boy who lived. It's a story of a mother who learned to live without her boy.

2022

Stories

What Weed Means to Me

Near the end of 2014, I presided over a small kitchen island filled with an array of marijuana-laced products trying to decide which to…

Mar 24, 2022

What Weed Means to Me

Mar 24, 2022

The Space Created By Silence

How a therapy session with very little talking helped me heal

Aug 24, 2021

The Space Created By Silence

Aug 24, 2021

Echoes of Love

Reentering a world without my son

Aug 19, 2021

Echoes of Love

Aug 19, 2021

Finding My Faith

How caring for my dying child carved a path to wonder, God, and the afterlife

Jun 4, 2021

Finding My Faith

Jun 4, 2021

If you have an IUD, you should read this

Hormonal birth control, autoimmune disease, and the dismissal of women’s pain

May 19, 2021

If you have an IUD, you should read this

May 19, 2021

Published in
Human Parts

Losing My Son Helped Me Learn to Surrender

Moments when ‘everything’s going to be ok’ isn’t true

Apr 15, 2021

Losing My Son Helped Me Learn to Surrender

Apr 15, 2021

Seeing, Not Seeking, is the Key to Happiness

In July of 2013, my two-year-old son was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor. Ten days later, I delivered twin daughters. Outside Sam’s…

Mar 14, 2021

Seeing, Not Seeking, is the Key to Happiness

Mar 14, 2021

Published in
Human Parts

What My Son’s Final Words Taught Me About Happiness

Joy comes when let go of the idea that we deserve it

Dec 9, 2020

The author with her son.

Dec 9, 2020

Published in
An Injustice!

Confessions of a Feminist Hooters Waitress

I recognized the injustice of Hooters, but I filled out the application, put on the uniform and worked hard to become a good Hooters Girl

Apr 13, 2020

Confessions of a Feminist Hooters Waitress

Apr 13, 2020

A different kind of hope

I am sitting in a brightly lit, modern conference room on the 11th floor of the Seattle Children’s Research Institute, surrounded by…

Aug 24, 2018

A different kind of hope

Aug 24, 2018

Erin Benson

Erin Benson

Book Author

I write about trauma, grief, mindfulness, mental health, and the complexities of being human. My new book is now available on Amazon at https://qrco.de/bdXvYK

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