death and dying

Mom's Christmas decorations spread out on a blanker

My Sister Is Clearing Out Mom and Dad’s House

It’s dredging up a profound sense of loss I thought I’d already worked through. This story was originally published in The Wind Phone on Medium. The text pinged my phone, “Unboxed all the Christmas. I know it’s hard to see but is there anything you’d want to set aside? A lot of it’s junk, tbh.” […]

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I Asked Dad To Send Me A Sign Before He Died. He Sent Me a Hummingbird.

Hummingbirds are considered a sign, that the spirit of a loved one who has passed, may be near. This story was originally published in The Memoirist on Medium. I first saw the delicate, hand-carved hummingbird tied to the bottom of a birdhouse, hanging in the sunroom. Handcrafted of tightly twisted twigs, the birdhouse was the

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