Personal Narrative

I don’t think about these things. I don’t have to make a grocery list, I don’t have to wonder about what goes where, when, or… Read More »The One That’s Left by Paul V. Leone

We all are mortal, a fact often hidden away in a closet in the back of our minds. Seldom do we confront the significance of… Read More »Being Mortal by Jim Gohlke

When my oldest grandson was 19, less than a year after his HS graduation, he was killed by a drunk driver speeding through a red… Read More »Death Came Young by Michael Wallace

When I became ill with leukemia 15 years ago, I took it very personally. Why did this happen to me? I had other plans for… Read More »Inevitability by Al Konigsberg

They called him Johnny Average, his stage persona. This British rocker could really charm the crowd at Woodstock’s favorite post-festival music venue, The Joyous Lake.… Read More »Listen Doc, I Think I’ll Choose the Latter

The first thing people would say upon meeting my father was, “Just how tall are you, anyway?” I suggested he hand out cards saying, “I’m… Read More »Why Deny Someone Comfort and Control at the End of Their Life? by Laura E. Kelly

Well, 2020 you were something. A year not many of us could have predicted and a year that held greater ups and downs than many… Read More »Holding Space and Hanging On to 2020 by Claudia Maniatis

A brief online search for “death of a pet” will bring you to a number of websites that present any and all aspects of having… Read More »Pet Death with Katrina Klinge

Who would gaze at a painting filled with flowers and sunshine and people at their leisure, both young and old, and see sadness and “the… Read More »Falling into a Picasso: Flower seller by Ann Hutton