THE WRITING
Essays, notes, and the occasional half-formed thought. Everything I’ve written, gathered in one quiet place. Stay a while and read.
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I Still Reach for You
Read the piece: I Still Reach for YouSome people know what you need before I have found the words for it. They’re the person you call with the good news, the bad news and everything…
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The Fight and the Release
Read the piece: The Fight and the ReleaseGrief can hold two truths at once. I can miss my mum desperately and find comfort in knowing she is finally free from pain. I can keep fighting…
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Standing in All Three
Read the piece: Standing in All ThreeGrief doesn’t wait for goodbye. Sometimes it begins while the person you love is still here — somewhere between what you once had, the fragility of what is,…
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One Flower at a Time
Read the piece: One Flower at a TimeFor more than a year, my radiation mask sat in the corner of my office – a reminder of six weeks I wasn’t quite ready to revisit. Now,…
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The Notes That Held Me Together
Read the piece: The Notes That Held Me TogetherCancer took pieces of my tongue, changed my speech and altered my relationship with food. When speaking became impossible, I began writing everything down. What started as notes…
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Another Facebook memory
Read the piece: Another Facebook memoryFacebook remembers the photograph. I remember something else – the hands that held mine, the laughter that found me in the fear, and the nurses whose care became…