A Grave Mistake
A personal essay about becoming an empty nester young, grieving a house that once held fatherhood, and feeling more isolated after moving to Coral Gables.
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Lost Into Silence
A personal essay on grief, domestic life, silence, and the sorrow that remains when love has nowhere to go.
A Grave Mistake, Afraid of the Dark, What My Brother Took With Him, Forced Introspection, Nadir, Some Lives Sound Made Up, and Could It Really Be You?
Writing
Essays, journal pieces, and other work
Forced Introspection
A memoir with chapter structure, year markers, and real coordinates linked to place.
Afraid of the Dark
A personal essay about PTSD, sleeplessness, loneliness, and the fear that comes when night strips away the illusion of control.
What My Brother Took With Him
A personal essay about a brother’s suicide, the future it stole, and the fear of what grief can do to the living.
Some Lives Sound Made Up
A first-date story about family tragedy, disbelief, foster care paperwork, and the humiliation of having to prove your own life.
Nadir
A piece that opens in refusal, self-disgust, and a tenderness that does not hold.