Browsing: Community Care Corner

This month, I had the pleasure of interviewing one of the centurions in our town. Ms. Ruth Wosic has been…

When Amy Veloz, our editor, first interviewed me back in February, one of our conversations touched on the fact that…

Each day, my mother and I text each other, “Good morning and Good night.” Recently, my “Good morning text ended…

This year, the table stretches wide,New friends joining add extra seats, yetYour place is set softly at the side. Plates…

Yesterday I didn’t hesitate to answer the phone identified as out of state, but rather than being greeted by a…

It’s necessary sometimes to take a break from focusing on grief. I’m eleven weeks into my family’s journey since my…

And then there are timeswhen my grief is silently hiding,stealing my voice,slipping into the pausesbetween breath and word. It curls…

Grief often comes in waves. There are stages, yes—but they don’t arrive in neat order or follow a checklist we…

We’re just a few days past six weeks into this new, uninvited season of grief, and last week, I got…

Grief has a way of reshaping us—sometimes subtly, other times in sudden, unrelenting waves. This past month, I experienced one…