Moving Forward through Grief

  • Love and Work: A Scholarship App

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    Before he died, Dad told me how much he regretted spending life resenting his job. No matter what, he said, I want you to love what you do. I won’t pretend that he made me promise, but in remembering the look in his eyes, it doesn’t feel right to say that he didn’t, either. I…

  • I’m going to grad school! (First acceptance)

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    Dear Ryan, It is my pleasure to accept you into the Stage & Screen genre of the Lesley University MFA Program in Creative Writing. Congratulations! Your official acceptance letter will be sent via regular mail shortly. I would like to offer you a Merit scholarship of $7500, which would be paid over two years.  I look forward to talking to you soon about your work…

  • To the man who exploited my grief-

    Today, I write in gratitude for the pain you inflicted upon me and my family. We came to you in a time of extreme need and trusted Garside Monuments to install Dad’s gravestone, a beautiful bench design picked out by Mom. We paid you, and well. While Dad died in November 2022, we still do…

  • My first post, and I cannot find the words.

    “The ambulance companies, they don’t like to take the discount,” the customer service representative tells me. “They’re very insistent on full pay.” She’s so casual about this, it sends a chill down my spine. American healthcare: greed Incarnate. Did I mention I was calling to convince my former insurance provider to do something, anything, about…