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The Shape of Grief

Posted on by Jami Fairleigh
Last week, while I was at my annual Rainforest Writing Retreat, my sister called to tell me my mother had died. It wasn’t unexpected, not exactly. She’d been older, and our lives had been separate for a long time. Still,...Read More
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Where the Words Went

Posted on by Jami Fairleigh
I had a plan. Not a rigid schedule, but a rhythm. Word days, business days, my Friday blog posts. It's what I could manage, balancing my writing goals against a full-time job and family obligations. Then a personal tragedy hit,...Read More