Archive - Silver Linings

Way back when I was a kid growing up in Louisville, Kentucky summers felt like Mom opened the screen door in June, shooed us outside and called us back…

Jun 11 •

What are we? Refrigerators?

Published on Silver Linings • Jun 5

May 2025

Other than a day off, Memorial Day wasn’t a hugely significant holiday for me growing up.

May 31 •

Grief Like Yours

On June 7, 2024 I sent off my last query letter to a publisher about my book, Everyday Grief, the book project I began in January of 2023.

May 23 •

Silver Linings: The Podcast

From June 2021 - Cindy Tames a Bully

May 15 •

8:18

Mother's Day...meh.

plus a special zoom invitation

May 10 •

My Star Student

Tonight I’m going to head to Annie’s old high school and sit in an auditorium I haven’t sat in for over 20 years and watch this year’s graduates accept…

May 8 •

Excuses, excuses . . .

and grateful to have them.

May 2 •

April 2025

A repost from June 24, 2023

Apr 24 •

Silver Linings: The Podcast

From July 2024 - Hummingbirds

Apr 17 •

8:12

Words of Wisdom

Apr 11 •

A World Without Annie: Year 1

Trigger warning: I describe Annie’s last day below, not in detail, but it is about her death.

Apr 2 •

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