by lori | Feb 8, 2015 | Feelings, Poetry, Women
a little flash poetry, for Steph Kent Amidst yet another abstract conversation among the wisest of men Steph showed up fully asking: I’d be interested, if you’re game to share, what you found after the failure of forgiveness? Oh! lovely witness question... by lori | Nov 21, 2014 | Caregiving, Here and now, Poetry, Women
I. Goodbye family who cannot bear the weight of me. Goodbye family whose deep pain my own frame cannot bear. We hung on for so long to outdated expectations to what we used to be failing each other, sinking our intertwined souls until it sickened, almost killed our... by lori | Nov 18, 2014 | Alzheimer's, Caregiving, Feelings, Here and now, Love, Poetry
Stop Preaching Forgiveness to the Drowning a poem for me When you see a woman drowning don’t ask her to forgive the man beside her throwing anchors in her direction. You may be able to see that he is drowning too. She can’t. Plus, forgiving him now... by lori | May 6, 2013 | Acceptance, Forgiveness, Learning
I love working with Bas. He’s part childhood pen pal, part imaginary friend, part work colleague, part informal cultural attaché, and part best friend. And the fact that we’ve both been writing about transitions for several years without fully knowing we were...