After someone dies you teeter between “I need to get as far away from this as possible” to “There’s absolutely no way I can move from here.” For many, this leads to falling into a slump…
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Grieving isn’t something I’m comfortable talking about, but I’ve had to do it anyway. I lost my great aunt when I was 7 or 8. I don’t remember much except I saw a body in…
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Click here to read this in English. Va a pasar. Es inevitable que habrá una persona nueva que te preguntara, “y tus padres? Tienes una buena relación con ellos?” Por un momento esto te para…
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“The memory is strong when Ruby puts her red dress on” Click here to read this in English. Cinco meses después de que falleciera mi abuela yo estaba cuidando a uno de los niños más…
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Unless you’ve been lucky enough to land yourself on a ‘do not call list,’ you experience the daily, or hourly, calls from telemarketers. They’re those obnoxious calls that always happen to be during the lunch…
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It’s going to happen. That inevitable moment when you meet someone new and they ask, “so what about your parents? Are you close?” Your mind stalls for a minute. What do you say? Do you…
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