Afraid of the Dark
A personal essay about PTSD, sleeplessness, loneliness, and the fear that comes when night strips away the illusion of control.
Writing
Essays, journal pieces, and other work
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
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.
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.
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.
Forced Introspection
A memoir with chapter structure, year markers, and real coordinates linked to place.
Nadir
A piece that opens in refusal, self-disgust, and a tenderness that does not hold.
Could It Really Be You?
A letter written in preparation for dating.