“At Least You Knew It Was Coming”

I learned this morning that this essay was selected as an honorable mention in the 2022 Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Competition. It’s been so long since I submitted the piece that I’d nearly forgotten about it. They won’t be publishing the honorable mentions, so I thought I’d share it here.

At the place where we buried my dad’s ashes

My dad has been dead for 23 days. Nearly a month now. But this is not going to be an essay about grief, or maybe…