Category: Family

  • Friends and Family Amidst the Rubble

    Friends and Family Amidst the Rubble

    I discuss my personal journey that has brought me both hardship and invaluable relationships. Overcoming trials including the loss of loved ones, I found support in friends and family from the academic world. Through continuous struggles, these connections provided comfort, laughter, and a sense of belonging, making them vital.

  • There’s something about grief

    There’s something about grief

    Over the last 18 months or so, we have lived under what seems to be a collective blanket of grief. At minimum, we may grieve for the ability to move about the world freely as our pre-pandemic selves once did. For most of us, we grieve so much more: the loss of loved ones, of…

  • A Love Letter

    A Love Letter

    Today marks 15 years since my grandfather’s death (I called him P-Pa). I’ve been thinking about him today and decided to share my love letter to him. Dear P-Pa, On March 4, 2001 I sat at your bedside and held your soft, warm hand as you transitioned from life into eternity. It was such a privilege to…