Is it just me, or is there some small comfort in the fact that we as a society – and dare I say, the world at large – are all collectively experiencing the shitshow that is 2020 together? We have all experienced rough times in our lives; that is a fundamental part of the human … More Behind the Mask
“You know you’re not allowed in the cemetery after dark,” she warned me and I assured her I knew the rules; the exchange merely a friendly obligation as both of us knew full well I was going anyway. I didn’t need much time to find what I was going there to discover, and felt sure … More Uprooted By a Change in the Weather
*Warning: Explicit language Some days, a song comes on the radio that just screams CURRENT MOOD. You sing the lyrics and they resonate with what’s going on inside you better than you could explain if you tried. I’m a little bit off today, something down inside me’s differentWoke up a little off today, I can … More A Little Bit Off Today
When your mother dies during Holy Week, you begin Easter with a bonfire. Two days before Good Friday, at 1:05 am, my mother exhaled a shallow breath and didn’t take another one. It’s easy to think the moment of death will be monumental to the onlooker, a definitive event, but for me, sitting there holding … More Burning the Past: Processing Grief During a Pandemic
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