A review of the anthology by the Irish Hospice Foundation — There may be no words to express the depth of our grief when losing a loved one, but the Irish Hospice Foundation in partnership with Poetry Ireland made it their mission. …

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Three women living “alone”, and the men who take advantage of it. — Everything is more expensive since my dad died. The first thing that caught me off-guard was the cost of a casket. He had paid for it in advance, choosing a metallic blue one that was donated to a children’s hospital after his own ceremony. But then came the ticket for…

Get writing, folks. — I wrote a very personal piece for the Medium Writing Challege about my complicated relationship with my grandmother after my father died. I had been working on it for a while, a few friends had already helped me edit it, and I was actually feeling very proud of the result…

And how overcoming it gave me peace and happiness — Maybe you learned about it on Pinterest, YouTube, or your quirky friend. I found out about it on TikTok, with gen-Z young adults promising I’ll be able to finally have my crush text me, get a raise, or just live my best life. …

The second time I lost my dad. — “I love you,” my grandmother said to me on her deathbed. A list of the possible answers that went through my head: OK. Thanks (?). I love you, too. “Oh, grandma,” I managed as I ran my fingers over her bruised forearm, her dried up veins. It occurred to me…

A strategy to prompt creativity and make your writing flow — I think we can overcome writer’s block by remembering F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous quote: “You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald We have something to say when that something moves us, sparks a new perspective or…

A prose poem for the grieving hearts. — You are the kind of person whose eyes scan hearts to grow into, and when I kissed you I did it because I wanted to know what it was like to kiss someone who I know is going to die soon. There was even some candle wax in your cologne…

And how it helped me grieve and heal later on. — I thought I’d die the moment it happened, but I didn’t. On January 18th of 2018, at 12:30 pm, my dad, one of the funnest, most caring and wonderful people to walk on earth, passed away after battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He was 50 years old. My mom, my sister and…