A family friend recently died and it brought some of the trauma of my early grief to the surface. Two years and two months into my own loss, here are eight lessons I’ve learned. 8. “Beginnings always hide themselves in ends.” – […]
I am driving my six-year-old daughter to the pediatrician.She’s in the backseat, breathing fast, labored.I’ve been up all night watching her chest rise and fall. In. Out. In. Out. A strange new wheeze rattles in her lungs. I am paralyzed by mom-anxiety. […]
People often ask why I wrote Things That Break Us. Sometimes I give the short answer: that I sat down in front of my computer during the pandemic and the story simply poured out of me. But the real reason runs deeper […]