The Silence is Broken
This space has held only silence for nearly six months. I cannot count the times I’ve been online and tempted to open a new tab, put fingers to keyboard, and […]
Tag Archives: mourning
Life After Death
Today would have been my dad’s 59th birthday. I went to the zoo this afternoon to celebrate the first of his birthdays without him. My dad didn’t particularly like zoos […]
One Month Since Goodbye
How can it be that a month has already passed? I sent a text to Melody this morning and thought back to the call I made to her one month […]
Eyeglasses and Memories
*This is a freewriting piece I did a couple weeks ago. It seemed appropriate to share it on the four-week anniversary of my dad’s death.* It started with your glasses […]
Flowers and Shirts
*I wrote these words last week. I disposed of the flower arrangement today after plucking the already-dried roses and carnations from it. It was time.* The flowers are wilting as […]
Monday Again
Since my dad died three Mondays ago, I’ve been trying to go through the initial grieving process with as much gentleness, as much kindness, as much compassion for myself and […]
I’m Still Here
Grief hijacks anything and everything—-one of the many lessons I’ve learned in the nearly three weeks since my dad died. I woke up this morning basking in the glow of […]
Parrot & Ox 