Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jan 31, 2010 in
Creative Nonfiction,
Writing
We traveled by car. My grandparents left upstate New York and drove the eleven hours to my home in Virginia, where I waited, impatient and seven years old, for them to pick me up and continue the drive to Florida, to Disney World.
I spent the entire journey reading, so immersed in words already that I [...]
Tags: death, depression, loss, Motherhood, suicide
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Oct 4, 2009 in
Creative Nonfiction,
Writing
The weather is like this: cooler, when you can just put on a sweater and only feel as if maybe a coat would have been better. The leaves are falling and smell of sweetness and decay. The crisp football air feels good.
But there is an argument. This homecoming game littered with high school angst is [...]
Tags: loss, memory, mourning, suicide
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jun 12, 2009 in
The Soap Box
You might know a boy who seems like trouble, who drives wrecklessly and punches walls.
You might know a girl who thinks she is too fat, or too awkward, or too uncool, and it bothers her more than you think is realistic.
You might know a man who drinks like a frat boy though he’s ten years [...]
Tags: cutting, depression, help, hope, love, self harm, self injury, suicide, To Write Love on Her Arms, TWLOHA