HeyJaredMiranda Ryan Writes
Grief advocate, “overdose” widow, & cancer survivor writing about my experience with young widowhood; the complications of stigmatized loss and grief; and the importance of acknowledging hard stuff.
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How They Lived (opens the original)
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When Mike died, the death was so unexpected that “how” he died became the focus of many conversations I had in the immediate aftermath, and in everything that came next. Because Mike died from an accidental drug overdose, conversations would often turn to judgement, blame, and shame. As a result of this stigma, sometimes I avoided talking about him. This worked as a strategy to keep myself safe when I needed it. However, the flip side was that then I also stayed silent on all the ways he was mis
Mike’s Tomatoes (opens the original)
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Six years and five days ago Mike harvested these tomatoes that he grew. He had planted some seeds on a whim in a crappy window box the previous tenant had left behind. The soil had been sitting, untended, in the baking sun for who knows how long. And one day Mike decided to plant some seeds. I can’t speak to his thoughts on the matter, but it didn’t appear to be a deeply considered plan. I was doubtful. I didn’t think anything would grow in this soil on our forgotten window ledge. But Mike had h
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