It’s a simple little phrase, but the thing that describes how pain or loss feels: heavy heart. That’s if you are lucky to feel, because sometimes the pain is too much and your body takes over and shuts it down. And then you’re numb. You feel nothing, let alone your heart-space. So, if you are lucky enough to feel, it’s a physical thing, not really a metaphor. It’s like something of heft is … [Read more...]
Skinny on Me
I was named for a hurricane that spawned a tornado that blew the roof off of my parents' apartment building, when my mother was pregnant with me. The roof landed on their car, pancaking it. The bedroom window shattered nearly lacerating my grandfather ; the rain blew in … [Continue reading]
