One month ago, we lost my dad after a short time with a cancer diagnosis. Don’t worry. I’m not going to use this space for trauma dumping or grief competing. I am, however, interested in sharing some of my experience about the end of life with a parent, especially for those of you who have not yet lost a parent. To me, very little of … Continue reading One Month
Back in 2016, after the Pulse Nightclub shooting, I wrote a post about feeling helpless in the world. I stand by that work and I read it from time to time when I’m feeling that way. And this post stems from those ideas, but is tailored a bit more for these particularly trying times. I wrote this list for myself. But based on the conversations … Continue reading One Human’s Guide to Not Losing Their Mind (and maybe changing the world instead)
Sitting in our empty nest. Somehow this is my new existence. And though I am hardly the first person to experience it, here I am. And what strikes me is the absoluteness of this precise moment in time. It’s a thing that you prepare for years; raising children, getting them through the perils of school and relationships and maturing, and going through the tangled web … Continue reading Empty, empty nest
Doreen Fryling 