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Death is Like Last Year’s Big Concert

Death is Like Last Year’s Big Concert

The one where you bought the t-shirt and now it’s stuffed in the back of your drawer
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Your Kids Will Remember Your Magic Carpet Rides More Than Your Mistakes

Your Kids Will Remember Your Magic Carpet Rides More Than Your Mistakes

A valuable lesson learned from my nine-year-old daughter
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The Problem With International Overdose Awareness Day

The Problem With International Overdose Awareness Day

It’s that you’re not aware of it until it affects you deeply
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Warning: They Will Show Naked Pics of You at Your Funeral

Warning: They Will Show Naked Pics of You at Your Funeral

They’ll also splash you with holy water
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How Someone Goes From Cutest Little Boy to Suicide Note

How Someone Goes From Cutest Little Boy to Suicide Note

The sunshine just can’t find its way through our shade
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Life Lessons I Didn’t Learn Until I Was Dead

Life Lessons I Didn’t Learn Until I Was Dead

Don’t wait as long as I did to realize these things
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The Torment of Reading a Dead Boy’s Words

The Torment of Reading a Dead Boy’s Words

It’s something every bereaved parent eventually faces
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You Are Exactly the Right Person to Help Someone

You Are Exactly the Right Person to Help Someone

Even if you are deemed as the lowest of society’s low
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My Mother Wants to Live But She’s Not Afraid to Die

My Mother Wants to Live But She’s Not Afraid to Die

Goodbyes hurt most when the story isn’t finished
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Why My 18th Year of Life Was So Valuable

Why My 18th Year of Life Was So Valuable

Life IS short. The cliche exists for a reason
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Grief is a Thousand Pounds of Abstract

Grief is a Thousand Pounds of Abstract

Yet, it’s a real as it comes
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An Entire Generation is Being Wiped Out by an Invisible Killer

An Entire Generation is Being Wiped Out by an Invisible Killer

9000 opioid stars drifting freely in the sky
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Unfinished, Unopened, Unsent, and Unread

Unfinished, Unopened, Unsent, and Unread

Who will finish your story when you’re not around to do it?
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Why My Mother Never Talks About How I Died

Why My Mother Never Talks About How I Died

The stigma is almost too much for her to bear
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Being a Mama’s Boy is the Smartest Thing I Ever Did

Being a Mama’s Boy is the Smartest Thing I Ever Did

And my mother reluctantly agrees
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How to Haunt Your Loved Ones Properly

How to Haunt Your Loved Ones Properly

I feel so alive since I’ve been dead
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Never Stop Standing Up for Your Kids

Never Stop Standing Up for Your Kids

Even when they make it difficult to do so
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Someone Is Going to Die Without Knowing How You Feel

Someone Is Going to Die Without Knowing How You Feel

And that is a bigger tragedy than death itself
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Words Can’t Describe How Funny I Was After I Died

Words Can’t Describe How Funny I Was After I Died

No really, actual words cannot describe it
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Odd Rituals of Sad People

Odd Rituals of Sad People

Finding catharsis and a little humor in grieving
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My Mother Was Afraid to Leave 2020 Behind

My Mother Was Afraid to Leave 2020 Behind

Because that’s where I last was
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