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Month: October 2017

A letter on grief to my dead brother

on October 26, 2017October 26, 2017 By Ashley Bethard

I had to call our mother To tell her you died. She wasn’t responding to my texts or calls So I had to call the nursing home where she worked And have the nurse’s desk page her. What’s going on, she asked immediately. I told her to sit down. She said Just tell me. I said [...]

What to do when the news makes you feel like a human ashtray

on October 3, 2017October 3, 2017 By Ashley Bethard 2 Comments

I never realized how much we take the absence of pain for granted. Instead, we cite boredom, general malaise, and complaint rather than sheer gratitude for the stardust shooting through our bodies, for those perfect moments when speck and cell align, humming, harmonious. We've got to be grateful at the cellular level. We've got to [...]

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