Tag: anniversary
What I Want You to Know About Things That Are Broken
“You be as angry as you need to be,” she said. “Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Not your grandma, not your dad, no one. And if you need to break things, then by God, you break them good and hard.” Patrick Ness, A… Continue Reading “What I Want You to Know About Things That Are Broken”
To my wife, on the anniversary of her death
My Dude, You’ve been gone a year. The enormity of this anniversary has loomed for a while but now that it’s here I’m having a hard time coming to grips with the reality of it. A year without you. I lived twenty-two years without… Continue Reading “To my wife, on the anniversary of her death”
What I Want You to Know About All the First Year Milestones
We’re a few days away from the one-year anniversary of your mom’s death, which means we are almost done with all the first-year milestones. Father’s Day and Mother’s Day; each of our birthdays; Thanksgiving and Christmas; the wedding anniversary; the one-month mark and the… Continue Reading “What I Want You to Know About All the First Year Milestones”
A Widowed Father 