Essays

The Compassionate Friends publishes an online magazine “We Need Not Walk Alone” which is a free resource that shares stories, poems, and essays reflecting on life after the death of a child. My essays are included:

Spring 2023 “About Your Room”

Winter 2022 “Limp Stockings and Empty Chairs”

Open to Hope is a non-profit dedicated to helping people find hope after loss. It is a great resource of articles and podcasts that cover almost every type of loss. I contribute essays within the child loss category.

• About Your Room, 17 February 2023
• A Funeral, a Wedding, Graduations and One Unwanted Guest, 22 June 2019
• Advent: A Visit in the Darkest Hours, 12 November 2019
• Keep the Door to Your Soul Open, 17 Dec 2017
• The Downstairs Thief, 19 Feb 2017
• Día de Muertos: Eat, Speak, and Remember, 28 Oct 2016
• Three Years After Son’s Death, the Emptiness is Sacred, 08 Jan 2016
• Lent as a Verb, Not a Noun, 20 Feb 2015
• Ask, Seek, and Knock Loudly on God’s Door, 10 Oct 2014
• Another School Year Begins, 19 Aug 2014

Motherwell July 2023 “After eight years, I was ready to clean out my son’s room”

ModernLoss August 2015 “Sit Still and Uncover Your Eyes”

Bodies of Truth: Personal Narratives on Illness, Disability, and Medicine January 2019

My essay “Sit Still and Uncover Your Eyes” was included in this anthology published by the University of Nebraska Press. The collection received several awards including the 2019 Foreword INDIES Award and Gold for Anthologies.

Abbey of the Arts January 2020 “The Slow Unfurling of a Fiddlehead”