My dead sister's birthday is today, April 8th, and she, a non-smoker, died of lung cancer in …
The Love of the Irish: a story of corned beef and cabbage
Boiled meat is nothing to be proud of, but that doesn’t stop people that I love from dumping a half …
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Scar Tissue: a sister story
To save her life the first time, they drilled a hole in her heart to insert a valve or sump pump or …
Music therapy to heal what’s broken
So many songs written about broken hearts, I wonder if heartache didn’t occur would music even …
Miking the cake: a birthday tradition
This essay was selected for Birthday episode of Read650, where writers read, if you prefer to …
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I remember
I remember sleeping through the night. I remember when I didn’t wake up at 3:17 am and lay awake …