from the journal

Grief

The heavy chapters, carried out loud. Words for the days when missing someone is a full-time job.

Grief

Grief June 30, 2026

The China We Never Used

My grandmother saved the good china for a someday that never came. I am done waiting for occasions worthy of beauty.

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Grief June 18, 2026

You can let go now Daddy

A goodbye I never wanted to say. This is the story of losing my grandpa, the impossible promise that I’d “be okay,” and the truth about living with grief after the people we love are gone.

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