Shoplifting at Bloomingdales
November 19th, 2021 | by Jennifer Baum
Rumor was, at that time in the 1970s, Bloomingdales was the hottest pick up joint in town.
Browsing the "Grief" Tag
In the World Where My Father Is Dying
August 24th, 2021 | by Jennifer Samson-Acker
In the world before my father was dying, hospitals were hopeful, exciting, and filled with surprise—jelly smeared on my growing uterus, ultrasounds listening for the thump, thump, thump
Only One Can Cry: Adam Toledo, Subjectivity, and Riding Shotgun
April 23rd, 2021 | by Cheryl Klein
From the back seat, my son's toothbrush blinked in red staccato to let him know how long to brush, and I thought of police cars.
On the Other Side of the Curtain: A Year of Waiting
February 23rd, 2021 | by Cheryl Klein
The word that squeezes your stomach like a jungle snake is "unfair." You deserve a baby. Your dad’s girlfriend deserves the vaccine. Fairness—what a ridiculous concept to cling to
Mermaid: Excerpted From HARNESSING GRIEF: A MOTHER’S QUEST FOR MEANING AND MIRACLES
February 18th, 2021 | by Maria Kefalas
It seemed I lived with the humans but was no longer one of them
The Arrangements: An Excerpt from THE NIGHT LAKE
February 2nd, 2021 | by Liz Tichenor
The worst phone call I would ever have to make needed to be done this day: the call to the funeral home.
Pandemic Poetry: Leonore Wilson on ‘Palm Sunday’
September 21st, 2020 | by Leonore Wilson
No railing of the old pier to hold, no church with its elaborate white arch to enter, the shops are
When Grief Won’t Fit
December 11th, 2019 | by Elizabeth Muller
From the time of her diagnosis, my daughter had been discussed in a language used for illness. But none of the words fit the way I felt
Liminal State: The Mire
December 5th, 2019 | by Maria Photinakis
This is a comic about giving birth in a time of loss; the final installment in a four-part series.