After Inconceivable Loss
"How do we love what remains?" - Sara Nesson, in conversation - A sunset weeps, and the world is jolted once again into acknowledging the...
Blooming in the Chill
Abeyance: “a temporary state of inactivity or suspension.” - Heather Cox Richardson's blog, 12.17.22 - When I woke before dawn this...
Barking at Fearsome Things
"It's what we don't say that weighs the most." - For Elizabeth - On the night before heading home after a long road trip in July, our dog...
Passing Love Forward
"A story is a living thing; it moves and shifts." - Pat Conroy - While looking through the perfume bottles I inherited from my mother,...
Precious and Precarious
"Emotions travel together – if we reject grief, we lose joy...” - Michael Meade - For Joye First the title popped into my head. Then I...
Language as Self-Care
“A walk to remember where you are . . . outside the inside of your mind.” - Gina Hyams - I’ve not been taking long walks as much as I’d...