As I’ve written about here, I miscarried my first pregnancy last August. I’ve been under the care of a fertility specialist ever since. Most women have to endure several miscarriages…
Category: grief
The first few months of marriage are usually a transition. Mine have been more of a tidal wave. I started living with Taylor right after our June wedding, but…
In the summer of 2005, I had one cat, Gandalf. I loved him dearly, but wished he were a little more affectionate and a little less aggressive. When I visited…
On September 8, 2011, Anna Whiston-Donaldson’s two kids went out to play in the rain with friends. Her twelve-year-old son, Jack, fell into a flooded, fast-moving creek and did not…
In the fall of 2002, my then-boss took in a stray, pregnant cat. When the four kittens were born, she offered one to me and Kathy, my roommate of five…