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Pasta Night

A friend says, “Imagine you’re at the grocery store, and when you come back to your car, someone you love and lost is waiting for you…

Feb 14, 2024

Pasta Night

Feb 14, 2024

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A Wintering Wasp Nest of Grief

In grief, every date on the calendar is the same: empty and cold

Nov 10, 2023

A Wintering Wasp Nest of Grief

Nov 10, 2023

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How to Write a Eulogy for a 10-Year-Old

Writing a eulogy is an act of loving someone a lot and letting them go a little

May 26, 2022

How to Write a Eulogy for a 10-Year-Old

May 26, 2022

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Three Magical Phrases to Comfort a Dying Person

We will all face painful moments sitting next to dying people. What can we say?

Mar 9, 2019

Three Magical Phrases to Comfort a Dying Person

Mar 9, 2019

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I Tried To Give My Dying 8-Year-Old Son A ‘Good’ Death. Here’s How.

When we learned there was nothing more we could do to give our son a good life, we pivoted, poured our hearts into giving him a good death.

Apr 27, 2019

Apr 27, 2019

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Gray Roots

I never thought I’d ever feel joy again

Sep 12, 2024

Gray Roots

Sep 12, 2024

Tundra Untouched by Cancer

This was us, stuck on a bus in Denali National Park eight years ago. The steep, winding Polychrome Mountain road had washed out. We waited…

Sep 4, 2023

Tundra Untouched by Cancer

Sep 4, 2023

April Fool’s

It’s what’s on the inside that counts

Apr 2, 2022

April Fool’s

Apr 2, 2022

Care To Kill Cancer

I read The Design Legacy of Covid? It’s All Around You and got to thinking about the fingerprints past crises have left on my life. Think…

Dec 3, 2021

Care To Kill Cancer

Dec 3, 2021

A Time Capsule for 2020

What would you put in your time capsule for the pandemic?

Aug 1, 2020

A Time Capsule for 2020

Aug 1, 2020

Jenny Harrington

Jenny Harrington

Author, researcher, mother living on an island near Seattle. Now, notably, an international bunny smuggler. Find her struggles and snuggles at www.teamewan.com

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