Shay A child is dead and no one is responsible; instead, it’s deemed a perfect storm of human error. A child is dead and instead of accountability, the dead child is blamed for his own death. A child is dead and his mother is judged for her “bad” judgment in allowing the child to go outside …
“If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.” – Audre Lorde Like many people, the end of a year brings with it reflection on the past twelve months and my hopes for the future. Yet in the past several days, as I find myself …
The last conversation that I would have with my mother was one that would change my life forever. The lung cancer that my mother had been battling had taken a turn for the worst and the cancer had spread to her brain. Without surgery to remove the fast-growing tumor, we were told that she would …