This blog post was inspired by a writing exercise from Laurie Wagner’s Wild Writing online course. She read the poem The Little Details by Stephen Dunn to us as a prompt. A woman can’t talk about her dead son everyday even though there is so much to tell. There’s a...
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The Patched Together Smile
The Patched Together Smile Trying to hide the damage from this has been the most precarious dance of my life. In the journey back to being normal, presentable, okay, I’ve left behind everyone who doesn’t understand that my life isn’t. I weed them out, the ones who ask...
Five Months
Yesterday was five months since you died, Oliver. I have never counted time this way before. I have four times had the joy of counting months enveloped in the sweet fragrance of baby wash and warm blankets while knowing stares yielded to heartfelt giggles. Then...
Spring
How dare it be spring, with the buds appearing and the colors emerging from the deep? How dare new life be unfolding with vigor every day? How dare the slumber of winter be giving way to the rebirth that is spring? I was driving down the highway last week and noticed...
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