by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
It had been thirty years to the day since I met my father, a fact I mused only when I boarded the plane to see our shared kin in early June. I got to see my dad less than a handful of times before he died in 1995 after we were separated by a parental abduction in the...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Domestic Violence
As I was leaving work today, one of my coworkers was glimpsing the news and shaking his head. “Second murder-suicide report in the last two weeks in Alaska,” he said, adding what’s on everyone’s else’s mind. “Who in the world would...