Q: You write a lot about grief and healing. How has your own experience with loss shaped your work?A: In September, 2023, just six months after diagnosis, my mom, Cindy, died of esophageal cancer. My mom was a powerhouse: a master organizer, […]
Originally Published November 16, 2023 Dear Mom, 49 days without you here. I wish I could say it’s getting easier. It’s not. But it’s getting more familiar. And that makes me both glad and horrifically sad. I wanted to tell you though, that Grumpy Bear is home. Probably, you already […]
Written on the one year anniversary of my mom’s death Originally Published September 29, 2024 Mom, one year ago today, your body left.I have come to think of it as only your body and not you.Because the “you” is something I am still […]
Originally Published: October 24, 2023 Dear Mom, 25 days without you. It feels like 25 years. Reminders of you are everywhere. In your miraculous artwork, which I’ve plastered in every free space of my house. I feel so guilty for not properly […]
Letting Go, Listening In Originally written October 12, 2023 Reflections on a tree, grief, and nature’s lessons. I walk by the same tree every day. Last week, it was a vibrant red with sparkles of orange. I stopped to take a picture […]