Wondering
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Kahlil Gibran
Read More...Resurfacing
The trouble with you humans is that you are so concerned with staying afloat. Go ahead, be gouged open by love. Gulp that saltwater, sink beneath the waves. You’re not a boat, you can go under and come up again, with those big old lungs of yours, those hard kicking legs. Laura Lamb Brown-Lavolie
Read More...The Wheelchair
The empty wheelchair stood along the wall, a few seats open on either side. She chose the seat on the left of the wheelchair because of the electrical outlet nearby. She needed to charge her phone before her final flight home.
Read More...Dialing My Dead
The trick of functioning with grief is that of remembering and forgetting all at once. Of letting the ghost walk at your side but not block your way. Jack Ketchum
Read More...My Brother, Michael
I was only 10 when my older brother, Michael, died. Our lives, so far, had not been particularly carefree, not really, our family was a minefield and when I looked into his eyes, to share a smirk or a flinch, I knew I wasn’t the only one living in fear of being blown to bits.
Read More...Where I’m From – Gina Ransom
I am from built-in bookcases and antique filled rooms.
From pink popcorn bricks, red ropes, foggy summer mornings.