Editor’s note: Runner and writer Emily Halnon’s new book, “To the Gorge: Running, Grief, and Resilience & 460 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail,” was released on May 7. Running in my mother’s honor I decided to run the 460-mile section of the Pacific Crest Trail that crosses Oregon —and to try and do it faster than any human before …
Photo Credit: Mei Ratz I push down the rising panic as my eyes dart nervously back and forth to the group two booths down. Nora McInerny says it best in her book “The Hot Young Widows Club”: “We’re sorry you’re here, but glad you found us.” But the second blow I received shortly after Max’s death admitted me to an …
Michael Hughes and his wife underwent infertility treatment for 15 years. "This last Father's Day, for the first time since we stopped IVF 16 years ago, my wife turned to me and said: How old would our child have been if they survived that miscarriage? 'My grief was twofold' Pamela Rowland, 70, Victor Harbor, SA Pamela Rowland says she's lived …
The author and his late wife, Diane, who died of colon cancer this September. It’s my grief, but I call him Mr. G. Mr. G moved in with me and my dog, Franklin, immediately after Diane, my wife of 52 years, died in September. I’m angry with Diane for smoking cigarettes for years and subsisting on a diet devoid of …
A selfie the author took while video chatting with Gabe in October 2018. Courtesy of Meghan Schiereck When Gabriel, my boyfriend of nearly three years died, the first thing I did was Google “What do you do when your boyfriend dies?” I couldn’t find the answer I was looking for, so I went to the county library, and through boogers …
