Loss

Loss, Mourning, and Keeping Moving

My fiancé’s parents’ cat, Cheeto, is currently very sick as his diaphragm has herniated and his…

9) Today My Dad Went Home

The call came sooner than I wanted, yet later than I expected.

Minu and Meenu

Minu and Meenu sat across from each other in the train, unaware of each other’s similar sounding names.

Each one was upset, had cried just before they boarded at their respective stops.

I choose me

Something great happened to me yesterday.

Fabulous and unexpected as it happened amidst the darkness of a family tragedy.

When life takes an unwanted turn, everything is dropped to help others. Tears are shed, hands are wrung and why is asked over and…

[062] — The Rainbow Bridge

Would the world be a different place if our dogs lived 30 years, like a parrot? What if they lived as long as…

Poetry and loss

#34

Loss leads to

confusion and chaos

in the night.

Images of instability

shatter the darkness

Project 365: Day 158 — Support

Support. Rallying. Unexpected quarters.

Little things that help you get by.

You wish the support had come in earlier, at the right time, from the right person. But then, you hope, that it will come when the time is right…

We have an empty place.

I asked him how he did it

Project 365: Day 156 — The will to build

Only someone who has experienced loss — the irreversible kind — can know what it feels like. Let me attempt to explain.

Some days, it feels like I have swallowed a bag full of lead pellets. My stomach feels heavy and I can feel my…