Greetings, friends. My poem “My Life Reads Like a Suicide Note” is now live at Hotel by Masticadores. I’m so thankful to editor Michelle Navajas for publishing this unusually dark and intense poem.…| Silent Pariah
Mount Baker and Snow geese, seen from Fir Island on October 12, 2024. *** October: The fields white with geese, the mountain refreshed with new snow, the car windows silver with dew; at dawn I stum…| bluebrightly
Guest writer Amy Kreoll grapples with the grief and heartache of watching Alzheimer's disease progress in her mother, Suzanne.| Alzheimer's News Today
My sister would have been 76 today. She was two years older than me, but she seemed more like a mother to me than a sibling. Whenever we lived in an aunt’s house because our parents weren’t able to care for us or didn’t want to, JoAnn was given responsibility for me. You can imagine... Continue Reading →| Help from Heaven
hours agoI lit a golden candlesticknow only honey-scented space— years since you’re goneeverywhere I go,the perfume of you—| A Hundred Falling Veils
Author Marianna Marlowe joins Lisa Cooper Ellison to explore finding the scenes that bring your memoir to life as they illuminate universal truths.| Lisa Cooper Ellison
Join me and Eirinie Carson, author of The Dead Are Gods, as we explore how writing grief without cliché can honor the dead and keep our love for them alive.| Lisa Cooper Ellison
Greetings, folks. Gobblers by Masticadores has published the latest installment of my short haiku/senryu collections titled “A Few Haiku (21).” These small collections consist of six haiku and/or s…| Silent Pariah
It is one of the most core human fears, and if we are honest, every single one of us has worried about it at many different points in our lives. It spans| Dr. James Schroeder
Go behind the scenes as I pivot my life and work to write the story that truly sets me free—and teach you how you can do this too.| Lisa Cooper Ellison
Discover why rest isn’t a luxury but a creative essential—and how embracing it can fuel your focus, spark inspiration, and support writing your best work.| Lisa Cooper Ellison
Join me and Ingrid Clayton as we explore the fawning trauma response and how to both honor and retire this genius response that kept us safe.| Lisa Cooper Ellison
Ironically, this isn't intended to be a "filler" post, but more of a fill-you-in post, as I've actually decided to stop trying to do "100 Days to Offload" this year. I still technically have enough time left in the year to do it, but then I'd just be slamming the …| R.L. Dane
Where to now?| rldane.space
"Funny, serious, clever, controlled, sometimes a little demanding but always rewarding."| Writers Review
Sure, my life has changed, profoundly – but life IS change and reminders of that simple fact are everywhere. * 1. Driftwood laughs at me. If only I could be as sanguine about change as this o…| bluebrightly
In Tokyo, they measure death in hours. Nako’s began with stomach pains at a wedding reception—her own. The cake hadn’t been cut yet, but something else was already dividing inside her, multiplying with the precision of a cell gone wrong. Three hundred and twelve days from “I do” to “Time of death:” The numbers feel important somehow. Like if I could solve them, arrange them differently, I could find the equation that explains how a body becomes a battlefield so quickly. Twenty-n...| Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction
Join me and Jacob Nordby, author of The Creative Cure, in this encore episode as we explore the healing power of creativity, trauma, and the inner wisdom we all carry.| Lisa Cooper Ellison
Join me and Amy Lin, author of Here After, in this encore episode as we explore the raw realities of grief, the power of the micro form, and creating something experimental.| Lisa Cooper Ellison
I’ve been looking so long at these pictures of you That I almost believe that they’re real I’ve been living so long with my pictures of you That I almost believe that the pictures are all I can feel. ————————————————————————————————- I feel that. Every word. Scrolling and scrolling. I’m stuck in an all consuming loop. […]| Craft Beer Pin Up
Perched on a bar stool at a wooden table with a drink in my hand. For the first time in eons, I feel ok. When you read that sentence, you would be forgiven for visualising that it was a pint in my hand. This time though, it’s an oat flat white. For months, it wasn’t […]| Craft Beer Pin Up
I am here, but I'm not just like you I am not home. The full MELANCHOLAI by Tomislav Silepeter can be found at Memoir Magazine.| Memoir Magazine
As a child, I witnessed the brutal torture and beatings that my mother, a teacher, endured at the hands of a gang of violent students, the Red Guards. The images of her half-shaved hair, a urine pot hanging from her neck, a high paper hat on her head, and the scars on her face, are forever ingrained in my memory. The full Years in a Pigsty by Sue Tong can be found at Memoir Magazine.| Memoir Magazine
The epoch of tiramisu in bed on a Saturday morning. Of sharing soap, of rituals, what it means to live a thousand lifetimes within a year, knowing your mother will never love me and pretending it won’t matter someday. The epoch of organizing socks. Of grocery lists, of intricacy. The epoch of lavender sheets, of you coming home to me, the way everything else feels so small. Of sleep talking, post-it notes in a lunch bag, back porch thunderstorms, letting in the rain. The epoch of choosing t...| Memoir Magazine
But I don’t say that, instead I will say that I’m going to build a Tiny House, and ditch the double-wide. That way they will be awed instead by my quirky ingenuousness, and believe I want to live here. Not that I have to because I am broken, by promises and their men, profound overwhelming sadness and disappointment, and the relentless strivings of city life. Besides, I own this un-sellable land. I have nowhere else to belong. It’s hard barren dirt is in my blood. The full Main Street M...| Memoir Magazine
My mother used to save her used tea bags in a small glass cup. I don’t think that she ever used one twice. Having grown up during the Great Depression, the thought of throwing the bag away after only one use was probably disturbing to her—much too extravagant. I watched the saved tea bags dry, shrink, curl, turn brown, and stick to the bottom of the cup—a monument to good intentions. The full Tea Bags by David Margolin can be found at Memoir Magazine.| Memoir Magazine
Memoir is about absence, emptiness; it’s about crossing divides–of time, space, language, and that ultimate divide between the living and the dead. It’s standing at the edge of the void, your body in the grip of a vertiginous urge. Memoir is about finding your bearings so that you can walk with one foot in the present and the other in the past. There, you have become the stateless citizen of multiple countries; you hold a passport for time travel. The full Sourdough, Ancestors, and Othe...| Memoir Magazine
When Amy’s mother dies, there will be an autopsy. The report’s first paragraph will detail long black hairs protruding from her chin. It will be a commentary, a character judgement, a classification by statement of unnecessary fact. Amy will thumb her own stubbly chin and stop reading. It will all feel wrong. The full Hypostasis by Amy Bailey can be found at Memoir Magazine.| Memoir Magazine
*Featured Art: A TEAR by Carolyn Schlam, Ink and Watercolor, 14″ x 11″, 2020 I am lying on the Murphy bed in Herb’s dark living room, having finally acquiesced to his reasoning, pleading, and emphatic swearing that he would not ejaculate in me. Because I would kill him. “Are you positive you can do this?”... The full Hon by Laurie Harriton can be found at Memoir Magazine.| Memoir Magazine
with Featured artwork “Summer Shapes” by Norton Pease This, this is the memory that awoke in me one night while showering before bed. And let’s just get one thing straight before I go any further—this isn’t some story about a kid that got molested. Because it’s not. He’d peered down at my little boy body,... The full This Is Not Some Story About a Kid That Got Molested — Gary Smothers can be found at Memoir Magazine.| Memoir Magazine
If you’ve recently lost someone close to you, you may be wondering how you can honour their memory. And although it may be a cliché, it’s true that while| Are We Nearly There Yet
Join me and somatic experiencing practitioner Kirby Moore in this encore episode as he discusses the importance of caring for your nervous system and creativity.| Lisa Cooper Ellison
“The grief remains but is changed by / what it is covered with. A picture of / oblivion is not the same as oblivion.” — Victoria Chang| Read A Little Poetry
...to let you all know why I haven't been blogging for the past couple weeks. After many years of fighting with illness, and multiple organ failures, my mother passed away peacefully last Tuesday night. I'm doing ok, overall, but haven't had much motivation to write. Everything is still very surreal …| R.L. Dane
Like a Primal Mother, she takes me in. All I need to do is follow the path. It might take a little while for my preoccupations to fizzle away but change will come. Life, in all its glorious detail,…| bluebrightly
Ava Doherty reflects on the experience of loss in her childhood, and how being a rainbow baby continues to affect her.| Cherwell
Join me and Lara Lillibridge, author of The Sound of Unringing Phones as we explore the challenges we face when writing about estrangement.| Lisa Cooper Ellison
Gentle, uplifting, and non-triggering, The Best Bunny is a perfect prop for launching conversations with young readers about loss, change, and emotions.| The Children's Book Review
Maybe I wasn’t supposed to see her like that. Topless. Grinning. Young. But I’m glad I did. By Samantha Woods| motherwellmag.com
After a really hectic week it was wonderful to spend last weekend getting away with my two oldest friends for a weekend’s camping, walking, drinking and eating in the countryside around Strou…| Making rights make sense
Hey, friends. I’d like to let you know my poem “How Swift the Stream” is now live at Hotel by Masticadores. Many thanks to editor Michelle Navajas for publishing this poem. It’s an honor and …| Silent Pariah
How the Swedish system supported me after my miscarriage at 18.5 weeks pregnant.| Sweden and Me
Grief is rarely handled with grace. It sneaks up when you least expect it. It’s a hand wrapping around your lungs in an almost gentle embrace, before it tightens, leaving you gasping for air.…| Cuppa Clo
Retail loss is one of the biggest issues when it comes to boosting the industry’s bottom line. Here are 7 myths to help prevent this.| Vitag
Something got at our baby robins… of the four in the nest, we just found three on the deck floor, two were dead, and one still alive–I gently put that one back in the nest, but not sure if it is really okay or how it might survive, we hope the parents will come back […]| Finding Our Way Home
Grief doesn’t step aside for joy. It walks with it—quietly, steadily. By Elizabeth Candy The post A graduation, a ladybug, and the daughter who wasn’t there appeared first on .|
Is it June already??? Sorry I’ve been so quiet here on my blog site, but it’s been a crazy few months. The launch of the third book, The Witch’s Compass in my Witches of the New Forest fiction and …| Down the Forest Path
Twelve weeks ago today, our life was forever altered. Our precious daughter, Natalie, was killed while driving to work when an SUV swerved into her lane, hitting her head-on. She was killed instantly. To say it has been a difficult time is the largest understatement ever uttered. My friend, Beth, wrote a post about our... Read More » The post 12 Weeks Without Our Girlie appeared first on Successful Homemakers. --- 12 Weeks Without Our Girlie was first posted on at . ©2017 "Successful Homema...| Successful Homemakers
many moons agowe made a foggy trip across the seawhere somewhere on the waveswe lost our rolling r’sand softened vowels,no definite start,no clear endingsmy daddy’s shoesso clean and shiny blacklai…| Brazanne Muse
Lars looking on wistfully while ingesting his sister-in-law's retort to his rant Video clip Content warning: this post unavoidably and briefly touches on some "mature" topics If you had told me six months ago that one of my favorite movies of all time would be a bout a man who …| R.L. Dane
Luke looking wistfully out at the dual sunset on Tatooine as The Force Theme plays hauntingly in the background, beckoning him to his grand adventure Having grown up in the 1980s, one thing random friends would often ask me (actually what family friends would ask my mom) was: "Has he …| R.L. Dane
The first time, I kept asking my mother how I could help. I needed to do so...| Mutha Magazine
I was terrified that love without blood ties would not be enough in court. By Jose Cardenas| motherwellmag.com
Don't worry! Just because it's Thanksgiving doesn't mean you have to give up your weight loss plan, or resign yourself to gaining weight.| Cathe Friedrich
“How Swift the Stream”© 2025 by Michael L. Utley as gloaming eventide stalks dying lightto ambuscade the remnants of the daydiurnal requiems give way to nighthow quick the gloomeviscerates its prey…| Silent Pariah
On Wednesday morning, we packed things that were important: old photos, the...| Mutha Magazine
Last night I had one of those "your loved one isn't actually dead!" dreams, but about my cat. I used to have them a lot about my stepdad that passed away many years ago, and I had a handful about my boss that sadly ended his own life a decade …| R.L. Dane
Well I’m sipping wineOn a lonely crowded jetKnowing all the timeI’m a fool who ain’t learned yet.Drown in wineAm I drowning love?I see that word fly by,Written in the clouds above. Drown in wineCan…| the Book of Pain
In the barren world of men’s grief, the Sad Dads Club allows fathers to mourn openly. It’s a support group for men whose children have died.| ParentsTogether
Christmas night, 2015, rocking my newborn daughter in a worn Los Angeles be...| Mutha Magazine
Columnist Ray Burow, grieving the loss of her dear friend Richard Allen Farmer, reflects on how he cared for her mother, who had Alzheimer's.| Alzheimer's News Today
I was thirteen years old—the same age my daughter is today—when I met <...| Mutha Magazine
In loving memory of our beloved family dog, an English springer spaniel, we called Motzie — my shadow, my lifetime dog, who recently passed away at the age of 16| Jeffrey Pillow
Columnist Dagmar Munn ponders the various things that people with ALS wait for, and shares a study with findings on what cultivates hope.| ALS News Today
To misquote Shakespeare, what exactly do I name this thing I’m dealing with – this aftermath of my life-quake.. Is it grief and mourning for a major loss? Is it natural disaster trauma and a…| retirementtransition
I carried you around with me for six weeks, but a lot longer than that, too...| Mutha Magazine
Love is a choice| rldane.space
The clock is dead. George Ford is waiting in the pocket. He drop kicks to...| The Gryphon
The working title of my previous post was, "A Grief Exchanged." I couldn't quite make the title work in my head, so I abandoned it for "Adoption," which still works well. I'm re-claiming that title for this post, because I can make more sense of where I was going with …| R.L. Dane
Adoption| rldane.space
Today has been one of those days where paying $1.79 for a Snickers candy bar is worth it. Under normal circumstances I cannot bring myself to pay that for a candy bar. But today? Well, let’s …| Ordinary People Extraordinary God
Hey, reader! I’ve long neglected this site. I’d have shut it down entirely if it weren’t for the chalazion post and the one about dogs and hyperkeratosis as those are the two main ways readers end up here and they seem to still be relevant, which is always nice. We’ve had some major family losses over the past few years and sadly I don’t think I got to mentioning them as my posts have been regrettably lax. In January 2019, we lost our beautiful fluffy … Continue reading The post B...| Commatose.ca
Portable antennas (verticals, loaded dipoles) typically use coils on the lower HF bands to make them electrically "larger" to alow them to ...| ka7oei.blogspot.com
Lena Derwent had worked at Mason’s for less than a week when they started making fun of her. Highway 13 is a collection of short stories by Australian writer, Fiona McFarlane. The stories are…| This Reading Life
After her father passed away, columnist Ray Burow had to help her mother, who had Alzheimer's, process her emotions and grief.| Alzheimer's News Today
The grocery list constantly running in my head. How I should really mop (and probably wax) the wide-plank wood floors in my studio apartment. All the lives lived in this building before mine: where…| cakes, tea and dreams
Just before the world changed overnight in March, I wrote a column titled “The Paradox of Healing.” In it, I contemplated my feelings about returning to “normal life” after cancer (oh, the irony). While it was exciting, it was also scary, as I was forced to let go of my newfound identity as a person […] The post Shedding My Sickness While Acknowledging Its Eternal Impact appeared first on Lymphoma News Today.| Lymphoma News Today
A Grief Fulfilled| rldane.space
Yesterday, my kids sat at the kitchen table chatting and eating their varied takeout orders while I lay in bed playing Mahjong Solitaire on my phone. It had been a while since they were all togethe…| Memos from the Middle
Six Months a Mourner| rldane.space
A Baby Quilt from Great Grandma: The unfinished quilt that I found at my grandma's house and was able to give to my nephew for his birthday.| Simple Simon and Company
Beneath the Emptiness The night before last I was driving to a Board of Directors Meeting, listening to a book, when I heard D. Shefali Tsabary say, “Just beneath emptiness is the vast expanse of their spirit.” Just beneath the emptiness…. As I heard this I felt empty. Hollowed out actually. And so very, very tired. As […]| Simple Simon and Company
Marisa Renee Lee is the author of Grief is Love: Living with Loss, a book that guides readers through the pain of loss and offers a unique perspective on what healing truly means. Together, Sarah and Marisa explore the complexities of grief, including the need to feel difficult emotions and the role of self care and supportive relationships in the healing process.| Startup Parent
by Chris Milam You can learn a lot about a man by what he spreads across his wholegrain English muffin. If he uses butter, he is delusional and uninformed. The good trumps the bad in the mind of a …| Spelk
