Hello, everyone! Writers have done it from time immemorial, and the French have made an art of it. And what is that? Flanerie, the noble art of walking the city. Any great city will do, but for me Paris and New York are the lodestars of my life, the sources of inspiration for my blog Desperately Seeking Paris. Come, walk with me!

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Posts tagged Loss of Loved One

"No One Told Me My Mother Had Died"

To support the publication of Veronica's Grave, May 9th, an article I wrote was published last week in

Grief Healing: Voices of Experience.

Both the article and memoir were written in the hope of drawing awareness to the problem that children are often left to grieve the loss of a loved one alone. Such losses may be due to death, incarceration, or even divorce. I wanted to share this piece with you, for in an ideal world no child would ever be left to grieve alone.