September 5th
(prefacing to say that I can’t bear to read this out loud right now. I am sorry) ___________ September 5th…
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September 4th: Labor Day
September 4th, 2016 My mom reached out to me while I was sitting in the hot tub on the morning…
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September 3rd: The Family Meeting
September 3rd, 2016 With everyone arriving in Redding and needing to be with Dana, I stayed at the hotel, mostly…
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September 2nd: Silence
September 2nd, 2016 I went through the windshield of a car when I was 4 years old. An event of…
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September 1st
September 1st, 2016 We headed straight for the ICU as morning came on September 1st. That was a double BOB…
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August 30th and 31st: Through the Fog & Back to Redding
August 30, 2016 Micah and Moxie were going to school. I see my husband in the photo on the right,…
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August 29th: On the Lost Coast Part 2
August 29, 2016 There was a lot that I loved about the Lost Coast, and the little school there was…
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August 27: Back to the Yurt
August 27, 2016 I wrote this blog post on August 27: I lost it yesterday morning. I mean, I really lost…
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August 26th: The Gun Sticker
August 26, 2016 This was apparently the only photo that I took on this day. I can’t explain the depths…
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August 25: In the Lava Lamp
August 25, 2016 Days were blurring, blurring, blurred. I’d wake up, pray, meditate, write on the floor of the hotel…
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August 24: Yu Han’s Birthday
August 24, 2016 Dana’s first daughter was born on August 24, 1990. She was born in a very small rural…
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August 23: Groundhog Day
________ August 23rd, 2016 There is something really satisfying about baldly stating what I remember of the events of those…
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August 21st
This is from the 3 week series that honors the time that my brother Dana spent in coma. _______ August…
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August 20 & To The Edge of the Woods
August 20, 2016 Dana loved kids and was wonderful with them, in part, I think, because he had such a…
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August 19: Sepsis
August 19, 2016 On this day I could only see Dana once, for a few brief minutes. He had sepsis,…
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August 17: Tethered In Limbo
The bullets were still in Dana. And where he had been torn open by those same bullets was open, covered…
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August 16: Settling In
You can hear me read this by clicking below, or subscribing to the podcast at the end of this post….
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In Fog: August 14
You can hear me read this by clicking below, or subscribing to the podcast at the end of this post….
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On this day, 4 years ago.
On this day, 4 years ago. You can hear me read this by clicking below, or subscribing to the podcast…
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Understanding the Connection Between Flowers and Stars
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message style=”round”]This is a post about grief.[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I’ll never forget driving to the Bay Area from Redding. Dana had been…
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The Truth About Bullets
On guns, grief and the truth the stories don’t tell
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Here’s What Will Help You With Your Grief
A mostly-material smorgasbord of things that have helped me with grief.
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Dana | Deaf | Grief | Power Post
The Impact of Disability on Siblings : The Story of Dana and Meriah
A personal story about the impact of disability on siblings
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“Don’t Be Scared of the Dark,” He Said
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=”outline” style=”round” message_box_color=”success” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-gratipay”]This is a post about grief.[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I had been crying so hard and so long that…
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Full Circle
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When we first moved to Hawaii from Fiji, Dana was 14 and I was 13. We were too young to…
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If I Had Known Then What I Know Now
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Walking Through Water
I’ve developed a routine: I wake up in the morning, go and light a candle for my grandparents and for…
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Pinched Off
Dana has been gone for 3 months.
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Proof of Heaven?
Eben Alexander’s “Proof of Heaven”
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The Rabbit Hole
tunneling sides of grief.
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He is Gone
Dana has gone.
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It’s Not Over Till It’s Over
Well. It turns out that Dana had been really into this one particular TED talk not so long ago. It…
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Golden Boy
My memories help keep me strong – and writing helps too.
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Fight/Flight
In the middle of a flight or fight.
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The Problem with Belief
A belief is only a thought that you keep thinking. If you think anything long enough, it will become a…
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To the Edge of the Woods
There is nothing like a crisis for making social media meaningful. I mean, day in and day out, it’s just…
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