Everything deflated like a balloon. That’s what it felt like to be broken up with. It wasn’t devastating. My identity remained unaltered in her absence, but the air went out. … Continue reading In Defense of Your Ex
Tag: grief
Notes on Loneliness
Moments way before this one stung with my loneliness. My entire adolescence, the wake of disappointments in college, the year I moved to another city and it didn’t work out. … Continue reading Notes on Loneliness
Even if we don’t talk, I’m still rooting for you
I don’t want you to think of love as rag doll, always one blunder away from being ripped away forever.
The Alchemy of Escapism
Back to writing fiction!
The Season of Surrender
I realized that if I want to get to the next level of my life, I have to let go.
The Becoming
Nature tells us that becoming is an ugly process, whether we choose to listen or not.
Gold Medal Grief: Learning to Let Go
Grief is not the fence we hop over. It’s the ocean we swim through.
Brother: an epilogue, a past tense, a Stillborn Sibling
I am not my family’s narrator. I don’t house their voices somewhere in my larynx. I cannot speak for them. My family is like everyone else’s: raucous and dysfunctional. We … Continue reading Brother: an epilogue, a past tense, a Stillborn Sibling
