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death of a parent

TAG, YOU’RE IT • by Karen Walsh

May 11, 2013Every Day Fiction 8 Comments

It happened so suddenly. We were completely unprepared and left with no instructions. Three weeks ago, she broke her ankle. Then, in the night, she couldn’t breathe. At the hospital, they told us our mother suffered a pulmonary embolism and… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a parent, intellectual disability, Karen Walsh, siblings

TO THE STICKING PLACE • by Katie Cotugno

November 3, 2010Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

Ma dies. You know it’s gonna happen before it actually does, in the bedroom, her breathing gone sticky and slow. Robbie calls 911 even though you tell him not to, snot sliding down his face. (In her everywhere, inoperable, nothing… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories death of a parent, Katie Cotugno

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