“…you were sent to me because I’m sick.” (Jamie Sullivan to Landon Carter in A Walk to Remember) “… you make me into someone I couldn’t even imagine. You make me happy, even when you’re awful. I would rather be with you—even the you that you seem to think is diminished—than with anyone else in […]
“Live Life Like Laura”
“I have pure Joy.”[1] That’s what Laura Allio said to her husband on her 32nd birthday, as she watched over their six-month-old son—just two days before she discovered the lump that would be diagnosed as triple negative breast cancer, 21 months before her death. But I won’t speak of Laura as though I knew her, […]
Until We Can Do Something Else
Cleveland, Ohio is a place of redemption—or it’s trying to be. It’s home to the Cleveland Cavaliers, who in 2016, became the first team in NBA history to recover from a 3-1 deficit and win a national championship. It’s home to the Cuyahoga River, a river that, 50 years ago, caught fire due to pollution, […]