Alaina Leary is my intern this semester with Beetle Press. She has been helping me with dozens of writing projects, and about a month ago, she wrote a series of blogs about the death of her mother,
Grieving
Turning My Attention to Life
I stopped doing public readings from my memoir, Divine Renovations, last fall. It was a rather abrupt shift, since I’d been doing readings and signings at least three or four times a month since March
Inspired by Author Elizabeth Berg
Elizabeth Berg has always been one of my favorite authors. Her books are so real and her characters feel like friends I have known forever.
Full of Gratitude for Life – Every Day
Note: This is the third of three parts, a piece about how losing her mother at 11 years old has shaped Alaina Leary, a student at Westfield State University who is interning with Beetle Press this
Inspired to Write Down the Pain
Note: This is the second of three parts, a piece about how losing her mother at 11 years old has shaped Alaina Leary, a student at Westfield State University who is interning with Beetle Press this
Shaped by Loss and a Mother’s Love
Note: This is the first of three parts. I have been writing about grief now for several years, focusing on other people as much as I can. I think it’s helpful to have many perspectives on grief
Watch Your Health
Pay attention to your health while grieving.
Capturing What’s Lost
I meet a lot of great people at my readings, and I love the conversations that stem from these encounters. Like the one I had with a woman I met at a reading in Wilbraham.
One Cancer We Can Control
There are many kinds of cancer that exist in the world that are beyond our control. But, like in the case of Mesothelioma, there are some types of cancer that are entirely preventable if only we are
The Miracle of Hospice – and Fate
It was fated that I would meet Cathy Truehart of Southampton.