When What Once Felt Safe No Longer Feels Right

There are some losses that do not simply hurt you. They initiate you. Losing my father changed the texture of my life in ways I still do not fully have language for, even now. Not only emotionally, but physically, spiritually, psychologically. It was as though something fundamental between myself and the world had been removed … Continue reading When What Once Felt Safe No Longer Feels Right

Grief… She be a fickle mistress

She doesn’t show up when you expect her, and she never behaves when she does.She slips in through the cracks at the most inconvenient times, in the grocery store aisle, in the car at a red light, in the quiet right before bed when you swear you were doing just fine. She can be tender … Continue reading Grief… She be a fickle mistress