Two Years Four Weeks Later: The Hard Truth that was held in

      Author's Note – Two Years Later I originally wrote this piece nearly two years ago, in the wake of my husband's suicide. At the time, I was swimming in a sea of questions, grief, and societal expectations about what my relationship meant — to others, to me, and to the world. What …

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Oh Yeah, He’s Dead

            Okay, well… the way things are going, we’re still not circling back to the Change Series just yet. If I’m going to tell that story properly—especially the part between the Army and civilian life—I need more time to flesh it out. I rushed past too much in the first …

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Two Years Later: A Letter You’ll Never Read

        Well, this one’s coming out later than usual today, mainly because of circumstances that aren’t necessarily bad—but they’re fucking troubling. It’s nothing I can’t handle, but the piece I originally wrote got benched. I called an audible, because frankly, I’m the only one reading this blog anyway. It’s for me. So …

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Unfinished Business

      Off to the races for the day.   Someone asked me recently, "How do you come up with the posts you write?" The honest answer? These thoughts just start running through my head—and they don't let go until I get them out.   After more than 30 years in healthcare, I may …

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