Melancholy mode
I have a folder on my computer where I keep blog posts, both finished and unfinished. Over the last couple of months it has grown to...
To my (late) brother on his birthday
Here we are again. It’s your birthday, and you’re not here. For the second time since you were taken too soon from this earth because of...
To become what we can be, do we need to release what we possess?
Everywhere I look I see the human impulse to possess, to retain, to own exclusively. Children often display its most raw form. I...
Wish I could ask Frank...
As of June 21, it has been one year since my brother died. One year since my final opportunity to talk to him, one year since he was...
On Memorial Day: Training continues
On this Memorial Day, I am thinking of my husband’s great-uncle. I have thought of him often over the past eleven months since my...
After losing a sibling, searching for the sinkhole
A few days ago, a friend passed along a link to an article on the Huffington Post called “When a Brother Dies,” by Judith Newton. Ms....