“Carefully, they lift up her body, in a slow ascent above the trees, high above the peaks of mountains, and she sees beyond the storm, so clearly now, a luminous promise of early spring. This, she knows, is the best news of all.” LoveNatureFamilyDyingNewsShort StorySpringtimeWomen S FictionShort Story Collection Book:The Kindness of Terrible People and Other Stories Source: The Kindness of Terrible People and Other Stories
“Her boy—this child she raised on her own, in whom she placed her purest faith, to whom she read on countless evenings books he loved, which she found dull, for whom she baked special birthday cakes in the shapes of superheroes, and with whom she whooped and hollered around the backyard while pointing cowboy sticks against darkening skies—was no longer her ally. Bang, bang.” LoveMotherhoodShort StoryGrowing PainsParenting TeensShort Story CollectionMothers And Sons Book:The Kindness of Terrible People and Other Stories Source: The Kindness of Terrible People and Other Stories
“There are little things nobody warns you about when you’re waiting your turn to die: how you’ll miss a heavy homemade quilt, stitched just right, covering two bodies; how you’ll wait for evening light to fall on the painted walls of a shared bedroom; how you’ll hear the song of finches and a woman’s voice cluster in your head long after they’re gone; how you’ll remember the taste of Southern honest-to-God good cooking shared between two bowls and two plates and two sets of spoons, forks, and knives; how you’ll forget the way the air smells when there’s nothing but love pouring out your lungs because there’s no one left to breathe in all that love.” LoveGriefMarriageDeath Of A Loved OneBereavementLoss Of Family Book:The Kindness of Terrible People and Other Stories Source: The Kindness of Terrible People and Other Stories