Tag Archives: death

Death, now with pictures

After learning that D committed suicide, I knew I’d need to address the death in House of Cards, and while I still work on what I think will be an afterward of sorts, I needed his death to live outside of … Continue reading

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Radio silence

Used to think that only I have gone through the things through which I’ve gone, but a friend is facing the same decision I faced when D’s mother died. Her ex-boyfriend’s mother is dying. Also cancer. And while she and … Continue reading

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You know who your friends are

Sunday night. Holly came for the kids after work. They were sleeping. Avery was asleep on the couch. Sitting up. He fell asleep sitting up, while watching television. Aurora was asleep in her crib. She’s sick. Has been sick for … Continue reading

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More headlights. More cars.

About seven months ago, the editor of Whistling Fire accepted the excerpt from HOUSE OF CARDS in which I tried twice to kill myself. She didn’t know when the excerpt would run. In the fall, a version of this excerpt … Continue reading

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Death and its pale horse

On December 5, the man I refer to as D, killed himself in the home where he was living in Kansas. He was 30. He was cremated. No service information was available when his obituary, posted by the company that … Continue reading

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Kristy, last name unknown

During my junior year of college, my girlfriend’s roommate, Kristy, died. Maybe my girlfriend was already my ex-girlfriend, but I think we were still sleeping together. Her roommate died in the bathroom in her room during finals week. Her roommates … Continue reading

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Generations

I’m cooking, or I’m making something for the kids to eat, when I most often think about my parents. I don’t talk to my father, for reasons that once made sense, but now I don’t talk to my father because … Continue reading

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My Father’s Father Dies at 8:07 a.m. on Monday, October 18, 2010

I am at the home I once shared with my soon-to-be ex-wife, Holly, when my brother texts to let me know. Holly had invited me over for dinner. She had an ulterior motive. Our son, Avery, doesn’t let her shower … Continue reading

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