Gayle FrancisinPain Talks#endotryingtoholdittogether“It’s time for a second opinion,” my doctor says. I’m paraphrasing from an exchange we had on the messaging system for the hospital system…Apr 15, 2016Apr 15, 2016
Gayle FrancisinGlorious BirdsAn Apology to My Younger SelfYou have a chronic pain illness. You have had it since your first period at 14, sitting in the second row of a youth group van on the way…Aug 28, 20152Aug 28, 20152
Gayle FrancisBoarding Time, 5:49amPlaying tag with the sunrise Portland to Denver connecting to Branson, Missouri on an airbus A319Mar 9, 2015Mar 9, 2015
Gayle FrancisIn Lieu of FlowersIt was a single piece of paper that delivered the news. Ivory, slightly heavier than printer paper but thinner than cardstock. Expensive…Mar 6, 2015Mar 6, 2015
Gayle FrancisThe sentence I’ve never said, and the proof I’m getting better.“Hey, we have a flat tire,” Sean said, walking back into the apartment when he’d just left a few moments ago to hang out with some friends…Sep 12, 2014Sep 12, 2014
Gayle FrancisA Death-Defying Date NightThe boiler clangs and clatters before the radiator blows out warm air, and I sit at the kitchen table, drink my tea, and try to remember…Aug 23, 2014Aug 23, 2014