by KimBoo York | Jul 26, 2012 | Mourning
One of the greatest traumas I dealt with before, during and after the deaths of my parents, was my complete lack of genuine understanding of what was happening to me. I knew what was happening on an intellectual level, and even on an emotional one (however hard I...
by KimBoo York | Jul 7, 2012 | Mourning, Podcast
The next installment of my book, Grieving Futures. This week’s reading is the introduction, where I explain some of my reasons for writing the book and what I hoped to achieve by it. Thank you for listening in, and I appreciate all feedback!...
by KimBoo York | Jul 5, 2012 | Mourning, Reflections
Yesterday, July 4th, was “Independence Day” in the U.S.A. and it is a hugely popular holiday for patriotism and nationalism and grilling food and fireworks. Because we’re Americans: that’s how we roll! There really is no other quintessentially American holiday quite...
by KimBoo York | Jun 23, 2012 | Podcast
This is a very short podcast of the preface to my book, Grieving Futures: Surviving the Deaths of My Parents, My Home, and My Future. I will be reading the book chapter by chapter over the following weeks. Feel free to listen, download, and share all the recordings....
by KimBoo York | Jun 22, 2012 | Mourning
I am hard on myself about grief. I’m mad that I let it derail my life for 15 years, and I don’t expect to ever truly forgive myself for that. Which, of course, is the worst possible thing to do to yourself, because holding that kind of thing over our own heads is as...
