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Published in P.S. I Love You

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The Last Photo You Ever Take is the Hardest

Because they’re dead. And irretrievably gone. — One day, one photo. We were all there, all together: brothers, sisters, cousins. Just an everyday, every-moment, every-birthday kinda family jumbled up in celebration. It was a random, special Sunday and my youngest son’s birthday. We laughed and joked and ate and drank. There was sushi, cake, and wine. Then…

Love

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The Last Photo You Ever Take is the Hardest
The Last Photo You Ever Take is the Hardest
Love

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Published in P.S. I Love You

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Go. Be With Your Dying Person.

A simple guide to visiting someone close to death — I was young and stupid. The man who had hired and mentored and befriended me was lying in his house in a neighborhood down the street, dying. He was only 55. I was 27, so I thought that was old. His cancer had come back. This time, he wouldn’t beat…

Relationships

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Go. Be With Your Dying Person.
Go. Be With Your Dying Person.
Relationships

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Published in P.S. I Love You

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A Mother’s Letter to Her Rowdy, Rebellious Son

Don’t let them hold you down. And yes, you can reach the sun. — Dear Roman — Your name came to me in a dream. Strong, steadfast, certain. A soldier guarding a citadel. A red sun sinking behind the castle. Concrete courage and fearless fortitude. The might and wisdom of eons, wrapped in your name and being. For you, anything was possible. “He turns somersaults,” I complained…

Love

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A Mother’s Letter to Her Rowdy, Rebellious Son
A Mother’s Letter to Her Rowdy, Rebellious Son
Love

6 min read


Published in Hello, Love

·Jul 5, 2022

The Oregon Coast, A Coven of Wise Witches, and an Unplanned Funeral — OR —

How we drove to the beach and dipped our hearts into the summer sea. — “Why is the ocean so soothing to the soul?” My man-child, freshly graduated from high school, turns away from the deck where he stands surveying the Pacific that surges and sweeps below. The question is his. His deepened voice lilts upward in curious query. “Because we come from it.” This…

Life Lessons

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The Oregon Coast, A Coven of Wise Witches, and an Unplanned Funeral — OR —
The Oregon Coast, A Coven of Wise Witches, and an Unplanned Funeral — OR —
Life Lessons

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Published in Hello, Love

·Jun 10, 2022

Good-bye, Baby Boy

Kindergarten to Graduation: Letting a child go — It’s time. It’s time to say good-bye to my baby boy. It’s bitter and it’s sweet, this farewell. For 18 years, I’ve loved him. From babe to teen. From child to almost-adult. From kindergarten through high school. From then to now. The years slide by. The years slide by. Oh…

Family

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Good-bye, Baby Boy
Good-bye, Baby Boy
Family

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Published in Mind Cafe

·Feb 7, 2022

Yes, You Should Meditate

Here’s 5 reasons why you should start a short, simple meditation practice — Stop your brain. Relax. Breathe. Focus on a part of your body that feels good, right here, right now. Try your hands or feet. Feel the safety and warmth there. Focus on that feeling. Breathe in. Breathe out. That’s it: you’re meditating. Meditation has been practiced for thousands of years…

Mindfulness

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Yes, You Should Meditate
Yes, You Should Meditate
Mindfulness

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Oct 11, 2021

How to Travel at the Speed of Light

A primer in imperfect parenting, death, and joy — I’m not the perfect mother. I never was. But I was your mother, Roman: the only one you got. I felt perfect love that early 4 a.m. morning when they laid you in my arms. You, those chubby chipmunk cheeks, those sky blue eyes, the soft heat of your brand-new…

Parenting

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How to Travel at the Speed of Light
How to Travel at the Speed of Light
Parenting

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Oct 1, 2021

Heartweight: Dead or Alive, I Carry You in My Heart

Reflecting on poetry, love, e.e. cummings, and the death of a child — A chain around the neck, a millstone on my back. An anvil pressing my soul (deep, dark) into the soil beneath my feet. I feel it every waking moment and every sleeping second: this heavy weight upon my heart. The weight of your life: gone. The weight of dead hope…

Parenting

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Heartweight: Dead or Alive, I Carry You in My Heart
Heartweight: Dead or Alive, I Carry You in My Heart
Parenting

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Oct 1, 2021

Leaving the Iran of My Childhood: Rugs, Salt, Candy & a Bare, Bulb-lit Room

In my dreams, I leave the place I love, again and again — I remember the night the rug sellers came from Isfahan. Pulling up in a dusty white Mercedes van, they unpacked their treasures with languid limbs and olive-toned, handsome hands. Eyes narrowed, they ambled into the white-lit room with soft surety and artful ease. Semi-smiling, nodding, they spoke quick English in…

Family

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Leaving the Iran of My Childhood: Rugs, Salt, Candy & a Bare, Bulb-lit Room
Leaving the Iran of My Childhood: Rugs, Salt, Candy & a Bare, Bulb-lit Room
Family

6 min read


Published in Hello, Love

·Aug 24, 2021

I Am Persephone’s Child

Death in 3 Parts — I. The road She lay flat on the pavement, warm blood pooling like thick, red Kool-Aid beneath her head. I stood, frozen, my brain somersaulting back in time: emerging from the thick woods, the twilit road, the rush of a car, my shrill call for her to come, the screech and thud. Nikki’s…

Mwc Death

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I Am Persephone’s Child
I Am Persephone’s Child
Mwc Death

11 min read

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