Tag: Death

• Ode to September

  September We wonder, September, who, what star will sing new, And who, what star will wax far away. Your third sapphire day’s star arose shimmering bright only to apex and implode into the heavens and dissipated. The black it left is as bright as the light. This, too, is to your ode. Star light, star […]

  spoon13

  September 4, 2018

  Blogging, Catastrophic Experience, Death, On the Loss of a Grandchild, Personal, Teen Suicide, True Stories, Uncategorized

  Death, Flashbacks, Personal, Teen Suicide, The Struggle is Real, True Stories, Writing

• The Woman in the Wallpaper Part Three

  Today’s post is the conclusion to the short essay titled “The Woman in the Wallpaper.” The piece was composed in response to a course requirement at Simpson University. This true account was originally written in past tense. At the advice of my professor, for the purpose of this blog (and other future publications) it was […]

  spoon13

  July 29, 2018

  blogging fundamentals, Burn Surviors, Lifelines, Personal, Self Awareness, Trauma, Uncategorized

  cracked pots, Crash and Burn, Death, Emancipation, Flashbacks, Labels, Personal, Rants, Self-imposed prisons, Shame, Stop the insanity, Surviving Burns, The Struggle is Real

• The Woman in the Wallpaper–Part One

  I am posting this autobiographical essay in parts because the original essay was written as such. I wrote this in response to a course requirement in the Advanced Composition course at Simpson University. Every detail, even the seemingly miniscule, is true to the best of my recollection. The exception is the name change of my […]

  spoon13

  July 15, 2018

  blogging fundamentals, Burn Surviors, Catastrophic Experience, Death, Epic Fail, firstfridays, Lifelines, near death experiences, Personal, Uncategorized

  bloggingfundamentals, cracked pots, Crash and Burn, Death, Flashbacks, Intropections, Personal, PTSD, Saturday Mornings, Shame, Surviving Burns, The abysss, The Struggle is Real

• Excerpt #2 (1000 Deaths)

  Burn injuries are not like a broken bone that once healed, can be concealed by flesh. There is no place to hide, no protective shell to retreat beneath. Four days from this writing, July 4th, will be my 19th burn-a-versary.  There are many deaths from burn injuries: 1000 surely seems exaggerated, unless you are the […]

  spoon13

  June 30, 2018

  blogging fundamentals, Burn Surviors, Catastrophic Experience, Death, firstfridays, Lifelines, near death experiences, Personal, Uncategorized, What is normal?

  cracked pots, Death, Flashbacks, Intropections, Nothing but the dead of night, Personal, PTSD, Surviving Burns

• The Abyss

  Dear Jaydan, Your mother prepared a wonderful tribute to her beloved son: I ‘ve enclosed a note to you–– You didn’t know how much you would be missed. You didn’t know of our unfailing love for you. Your mother, your father, Your brothers and your sisters, Your Gram and many others, too. This abyss. Every […]

  spoon13

  June 24, 2018

  blogging fundamentals, Catastrophic Experience, Death, firstfridays, On the Loss of a Grandchild, Personal, Teen Suicide, Uncategorized

  bloggingfundamentals, Death, Intropections, Our Departed Beloved, Personal, Teen Suicide, The abysss