The Grief Diaries: Synchronicity

On the last Saturday night of April 2024 Andrew, surrounded by his fellow grad students, celebrated the successful end of his first year of grad school with a glass in hand and a bet on the future. Flush with anticipation of an upcoming study abroad trip to Japan, excited about Saquon Barkley, the Philadelphia Eagles […]

The Grief Diaries: Great, it’s the holidays

We survived the holidays. Although, survived is not a word I particularly like. I watched a reel on Instagram this morning of a woman talking about the loss of her son, and how so many people say to her they don’t think they could survive the loss of a child. She said she used to […]

The Grief Diaries: Fall

Andrew liked fall. I don’t have official confirmation, but based on the things he loved, I think I could make the case. As those things, football, the state fair, Halloween, come to life this year, we are reminded both of what he loved and what we’ve lost. Last spring, as the buds began to appear, […]

Howling Cow

I learned about farms much the way most kids do, in the pages of a picture book. My grandparents were Nebraska farmers and my dad grew up on the farm, but I was raised on the streetlight-lined streets of suburban Oklahoma. Sure, we like a good Farmer’s Market and enjoy a nice Farm to Table […]

The Grief Diaries: Part One

Last week, my sister Emilie and I spent a long time wandering the LEGO store at the mall near my home. The store is new, much closer than the one in Raleigh. We were greeted by a store worker who accepted our polite dismissal of assistance without a drop in his smile. An avid LEGO […]