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Halloween Apologia
I’ve neglected a neighborly duty. It’s the end of October, and only a couple of days ago I realized I haven’t put out any fall decorations: no bright autumn leaves (Not even fabric maples found only...
View ArticleGood Grief?
It started in late August when my dear friend Rick died. He’d been suffering with wickedly aggressive brain cancer. He also had Parkinson’s. In September we worried that my father-in-law, who is dying...
View ArticleOn Dying
My mom died a year ago. I have been at many births, but this was my first hands-on experience with dying. It was just as beautiful. 14 Nov 2015 Mom died at 4:05 a.m four days ago in her bed at the...
View ArticleDeath Doulas
“Tell me a story . . . What kind of story, child? A story with a happy ending. There’s no such thing in all the world. As a happy ending? As an ending.” – Jeanette Winterson There is no such thing as...
View ArticleSeasons of Grief
Seasons of Grief Summer binds my scar of ache with an embrace of shade. I pull it like a shroud over my head to veil my soundless lips counting each breath. Autumn...
View ArticleNatalie
“Natalie is quickly slipping away.” I read this text on my phone as I sat in the boardroom at work, conducting a meeting with a department supervisor and several leads. As I attempted to talk, to...
View ArticleDearly (Unexpected) Departed
I didn’t know you had died. I found out on my birthday of all days, while I was sucking chocolate icing from my teeth and revelling in the grace and sass of turning forty. I loved you Michael. Loved...
View ArticleWhat to Say on Memorial Day
Memorial Day is not about taking advantage of retailers’ discount promotions or partying over the three-day weekend. Memorial Day means taking time to remember the departed who died while serving the...
View ArticleWhen Your Kids “Stray”
I joined the LDS Church as a teenager and was utterly jubilant to find a church home that deepened my Christian faith walk in ways I’d only longed for till then. I come from a long line of deeply...
View ArticleHey, White Friends: What to Say to Our Black Friends After Charlottesville
Since becoming part of a biracial family, I’ve explored possible answers to this question more times than I ever previously imagined. Events like the recent White Supremacist rally in Charlottesville...
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Hiding in the Waves
We slip into the blue-lit water, our drip-splash slapping against the silence. My husband and I are the only two in the pool and it is coming on midnight. The resort we are staying at in Key Biscayne,...
View ArticleSeasons of Grief
Seasons of Grief Summer binds my scar of ache with an embrace of shade. I pull it like a shroud over my head to veil my soundless lips counting each breath. Autumn...
View ArticleNatalie
“Natalie is quickly slipping away.” I read this text on my phone as I sat in the boardroom at work, conducting a meeting with a department supervisor and several leads. As I attempted to talk, to...
View ArticleDearly (Unexpected) Departed
I didn’t know you had died. I found out on my birthday of all days, while I was sucking chocolate icing from my teeth and revelling in the grace and sass of turning forty. I loved you Michael. Loved...
View ArticleWhat to Say on Memorial Day
Memorial Day is not about taking advantage of retailers’ discount promotions or partying over the three-day weekend. Memorial Day means taking time to remember the departed who died while serving the...
View ArticleWhen Your Kids “Stray”
I joined the LDS Church as a teenager and was utterly jubilant to find a church home that deepened my Christian faith walk in ways I’d only longed for till then. I come from a long line of deeply...
View ArticleHey, White Friends: What to Say to Our Black Friends After Charlottesville
Since becoming part of a biracial family, I’ve explored possible answers to this question more times than I ever previously imagined. Events like the recent White Supremacist rally in Charlottesville...
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Hiding in the Waves
We slip into the blue-lit water, our drip-splash slapping against the silence. My husband and I are the only two in the pool and it is coming on midnight. The resort we are staying at in Key Biscayne,...
View ArticleSweet, Sad December
I have a theory about Christmases past. It is this: most happy Christmases blend together. It’s the hard years that stand out. Somebody stitch that on a throw pillow for me. Is vinyl lettering as home...
View ArticleOld and New, Give and Take: Hellos, Goodbyes, and Dill Pickles
Gatherings, greetings, and goodbyes. Welcome, Baby New Year, and farewell, Old Man Time. Endings yield beginnings. “Old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17)....
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