I’ve known since I was a small child that whenever I pass, I want to go to a specific cemetery.
Meagan Earley
Meagan Earley lives in Paris, Texas with her three children, dogs, cats, and a turtle named Carl. She is a preschool teacher by day and a caregiver to her daughter, Austen, who was diagnosed with Dravet syndrome in 2016. Meagan has relied heavily on her "village" of other Dravet syndrome caregivers in the years since Austen’s diagnosis. She writes her column in the hope of paying it forward to other parents who are fighting each day to help their child thrive in spite of their circumstances.
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Articles by Meagan Earley
When my daughter Austen passed away last summer, I honestly believed I wouldn’t be able to survive the pain. She…
Yearbooks are like mirrors that give us a glimpse into the past. As a teacher, I love looking at them.
My family moved to Colorado when Austen, my daughter who last summer passed away at age 9 from complications of…
Austen, my 9-year-old who passed away from Dravet syndrome last summer, was the only one of my children I…
None of my children are exactly alike, and I like it that way. Each has an individual, vibrant personality; while…
The first year after losing a loved one is filled with many firsts. I anticipated many of these moments being…
Grief is weird. One day you seem perfectly fine, but the next day the pain is so intense that you…
Within days of my daughter Austen’s accident last summer, I began to think I’d never be able to live in…
My daughter Austen, who passed away last summer at age 9 from complications of Dravet syndrome, wasn’t attached to…