MosesWrites

Life and Loss

From my early adolescence through my late twenties, my life was shaped by loss—from the sudden death of my father at age thirteen to my mother's tortuous decline into Alzheimers a decade later. I use this space to reflect, to offer solace and empathy to others, and to broaden how we recognize the strength of our humanity.

What I've discovered: ice cream makes us smarter, so much so that I'm writing a book to explain how and why. Most importantly—and I readily admit I'm a slow learner—I best captured my thoughts in the spring of 2009, about a year and a half after my mother died, after trying to understand how she died. I started, however furtively, to have my own life back: Love, or why I couldn't finish Don Quixote.