March 31, 2023
Ashes, Ashes, I Still Fall Down
We are taught that if we work hard enough, we will get over our losses. This has not been the case for many who grieve, including me.
Category: Death
March 3, 2023
Wait for It — February 2023
“I want something from Daddy that he is not able to give me . . . .”
February 2, 2023
Maternal Pop-ups — Part Two
What do you do when your dead mother pops up? Look away?
February 1, 2023
Maternal Pop-ups — Part One
What do you do when your dead mother pops-up? Pay attention?
March 23, 2022
Our Devoted Friend, Jan
“I read a review of the new Philip Roth biography the other day. The author quotes Roth saying, ‘aging is a massacre.’ I agree!” — our devoted friend, Jan, April 5, 2121, 20 days before her cancer diagnosis.
April 21, 2021
Hidden Monsters
Be afraid. Be very afraid because it’s in there, waiting to surface again.
March 31, 2021
My First Hospital Admission
I recently learned two truths: One, experiencing heart attack symptoms is profoundly frightening; and two, mouth guards float.
February 4, 2021
Succumbing to a Broken Heart
Losing a child to suicide is unbearable. It is a heartache no one can heal.
May 29, 2019
My First Boyfriend
My first boyfriend died on May 15. Jack Boyer was 66 years old. He gave me what my mother labeled, … Read More “My First Boyfriend”
May 14, 2019
AFTER
What happens the moments before we die? Do we have one last burst of human thought before entering the afterlife? … Read More “AFTER”