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Afterwords: Reflections on losing a child to mental illness and drugs
©2016 by Jack A. Urquhart 1600 words I do not know if I should be attempting this again—don’t know if it’s wise or useful to attempt honesty, especially in prose, on a matter so profoundly life-altering as the death of … Continue reading
A Birthday Wish For Dillon, by @jackaurquhart
©2014 by Jack Andrew Urquhart 682 words Dear Dillon, Dear Son, It’s March again—what would have been your thirty-fifth birthday arriving hard and heavy on the heels of Ash Wednesday this year. I say hard and heavy because it feels … Continue reading
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Word Wishes for Dillon, Wherever He May Be … by @jackaurquhart
©2013 390 words “Oh, earth, you’re too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while … Continue reading
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Every Man Jack ... 