Category Archives: Grief

A Stranger Saved My Dad’s Life, and this Is the Least I Could Do to Pay It Forward

Posted on March 1, 2014 by

“Yeah, Doug? If you want to go over the contract, we can work on that meeting next week.” “Mr. Fiore, this is the nurse. Did you need something?”  In the days following my dad’s heart transplant two years ago, he … Continue reading →

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A Good Death

Posted on February 24, 2014 by

It’s, what, maybe our fifth night at my grandpa’s apartment? I’m losing count now. We’ve been holding bedside vigil with him, all the women in the family, which is not a lot of women and yet nearly all of the … Continue reading →

Posted in daughters, death, grandparents, Grief | 9 Comments

12/14/2012

Posted on December 14, 2012 by

When they came home, I laid upon the soft spots at the bridges of their noses a kiss, which was more like a gulp for air. I desperately needed to drink in the kind of oxygen that only a mother’s children can bring to her … Continue reading →

Posted in death, faith and spirituality, Grief, guns, headline news, motherhood, Uncategorized | Tagged , | 4 Comments