by jo | Mar 11, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Grief
That grief that stays with you like sad marrow in your bones— that is different — when the grief is still very real, but it’s lying dormant like a constant heavy burden, sometimes heavier than others, not the active grief, clenching down like a lion’s jaw on your...
by jo | Mar 6, 2014 | Everyday Stories
Dear Julie, It’s been 10 years. How can that be? 10 years of life without you. 10 years of this ache in my heart and stinging sensation in my eyes and nose when people speak of loss. When they experience grief, my heart breaks for them, because I still know the...
by jo | Mar 4, 2014 | Everyday Stories
10 Years. Written in memory of my older sister, Julie. I last saw you alive and well and 20 years old. We celebrated your birthday that night, but you didn’t turn 21 ’til the next day. We had dinner, I assume it was your homemade favorite. It was our wednesday...
by jo | Feb 25, 2014 | Everyday Stories
I had this thought the other day: This is the renaissance of my life. I am learning about music that I like, music that is out there, music that I want to sing along to. Music I want to dance to and music that dances with me. Music that makes me cry, and some that...
by jo | Feb 17, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Published Pieces
A Tale of Two Strippers: Horse Trainer and Ministry Leader (PART II) by Joanna O’Hanlon Originally Published in the Point Weekly in Spring 2011 Part II: “And there’s a lady over there she’s acting pretty cool. But when it comes to playing life...