“At a gut level, she knew this illness was one more ploy by her mother—one more ploy to keep Karen under her mother's thumb” GriefAngerLgbtDeath And DyingLesbianMother Daughter RelationshipsCirc24 Author:Circa24
“She gazed over her oxygen mask at the small, smiling Christmas tree that sat on the table behind her. Tonight, the whirling sound of the disk in the drive was a song that was sweeter than any lullaby.” GriefAidsLgbtHivHospiceShort Story CollectionProtestsAids EpidemicCirca24 Book:Thomas Hardy was an Optimist: A Collection of Short Stories From the Plague Years. Source: Thomas Hardy was an Optimist: A Collection of Short Stories From the Plague Years.