Loss of Child
Strong Enough to Withstand the Loss
Grandma Dee called friends and family to report that she had twins. We went the very next day to her high-rise Baltimore apartment. Shaded by
September 21, 2024
Grandma Dee called friends and family to report that she had twins. We went the very next day to her high-rise Baltimore apartment. Shaded by
When I fold them, I see you my devoted launderer, how you washed and dried and folded for decades in our small attic laundry, where
I had reservations about transitioning into my forties. Everyone offered worst-case scenarios about what to expect, from needing reading glasses to predicting the weather with
Editor’s Note: Earlier this year, the book Seasons of Grief: Creative Interventions to Support Bereaved People, edited by Claudia Coenen came out. It included a chapter
These poems are from her book Dear Me: Poems of loss, grief, and hope in New York’s darkest days Forever I hadn’t considered what was
The doctor wheeled the gurney carrying Anna into the elevator. Her breathing had slowed considerably. A few more breaths and the once vibrant lady whose
Don’t change the channel when I’m grieving. It’s in people to want to protect us and make us feel better. But I put this on
In Nya’s Own Words In Florida, I was born a day after the school year cut off that basically set me back a year in
1. Here’s a piece of advice. While spending the afternoon with your dying father, don’t ask Alexa to play the songs of Judy Collins which, once
Golden streams journey to Earth from the sun aiming for blooms in the fields where they run rising and shining with pigments that stun growing