“Your dad took his own life this morning”
Words I never thought I would hear coming out of my mom’s mouth …
“Your Dad Took His Own Life This Morning”
Imagining My Father’s Death by Mi-Mi Monahan
if your absence was no longer a choice maybe the rest of our family would stop looking at me like a chipped-tooth smile they can …
Erin McCahan: On Thinking There’s Time
Tall. Elegant. Southern. Gentlemanly. Kind. Principled. These are the words that come to mind when I think of my stepdad. Late. The man was always …
Fish Bowl by Esha
I saw death for the first time when I was 8. She was beautiful and isolated, floating upside down in a fish tank at a …
Little by Maddie
“Shower caddy and soap—” “Check.” “Desk light, pillowcases, notebooks—” “Got it.” “Socks, glasses case, portable radio, my quote mugs—” “All present.” “Okay…” Harper Little released …
Father of the Year by Kate Foley
from the perspective of your daughter, twelve years from now I was Daddy’s girl until I found out that Daddy had another girl and another …
Things Lucy did that nobody understood by Zainab
When they asked Lucy’s father what word he would use to describe Lucy, he said “phantasmagorical.” He had trouble pronouncing the word, so it came …
Portraits of Innocence by Maghfira Raharto
These pieces started out as peace offerings for my parents. They are modelled after my baby pictures from the year 1999. I decided to take …
Learning to Drive by Ed Higgins
Just take the mountain curves as tightly to the inside and as fast as surface conditions permit and the road’s edge or yellow center line …