Loss of Parent
October 5, 2022
He made lists. So many lists. He even put an item on a list to make another list.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: I originally wrote this piece in October 2016 as a guest blogger for the Olivia Newton-John Blog LivOn. Her team requested that I
So many everyday expressions refer to death in different ways. We insert them into our vocabulary because it is a part of life itself. “My
This is the saddest piece of music I’ve ever heard. I first heard this modern Polish symphony as the sound track for a 1993 Peter
Unfamiliar desperation Pride and knees hit the floor Declining in preparation Have I any more to give? All of me descends All but my beseeching
An excerpt from Lisa Pullen Kent’s book: “Death, Rock Me Asleep” O death, rock me asleep, Bring me to quiet rest, Let me pass my
I woke to find a familiar weight on my chest. It pressed and crushed the air from my lungs, Shredding and shattering something inside; I
We heard the train a long way off in the distance. A throaty rumble tunneling toward us, sooty plumes of smoke spoiling the blue skyline.