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  • March 26

    Dear Dad, It’s been 3 weeks since you left us, and though it’s so cliché to say, in many ways it already feels like a lifetime. To go from 53 years of your constant presence to suddenly not seeing or speaking to you for 21 straight days…to not being able to reach you, to not…

  • Dear Dad,

    It’s been 10 days since you took your last breath on earth. 10 days since i stepped into the ICU, only to see your eyes closed and your chest unmoving. 10 days since I tucked my fingers into your still-warm hands, and smoothed your hair into its already-perfect wave as I sobbed my too-late goodbyes.…

  • Grace

    I sat, slumped in an uncomfortably straight chair, as though I no longer had the energy to hold up my own body. My emotions were swirling uncomfortably, even though few words had been exchanged. A sweet, gray-haired woman relaxed comfortably on the couch across from me, smiling. Her eyes were kind, her expression gentle. She…