Leaving Home (1987) | Chapter One The summer of 1987 didn’t arrive quietly. It came with heat, with restlessness, with the kind of pressure that builds behind your ribs when you know your life is about to change. I told my mother I was leaving. She cried — not loudly, not dramatically, but in that… Continue reading ROOMMATE HELL — Leaving Home (1987), Chapter One
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Today Didn’t Forget Me: A Quiet Father’s Day Reflection
Sometimes the recognition we wait for doesn’t come from where it “should,” but from the ones who truly saw us.
The Variable Passenger: A Time-Lapse of the Heart
Written by Dennis Harvell The Variable Passenger: A Time-Lapse of the Heart In my dreams, time doesn’t move in a straight line; it stretches and folds. I recently dreamt of my daughter—one moment she was the little girl I had to protect in a crowded elevator, and the next, she was the teenager behind the… Continue reading The Variable Passenger: A Time-Lapse of the Heart
The Three of Us (Dennis, Rodney, Timothy)
Written by Dennis Harvell There are certain memories that return to you without warning, especially around the holidays. They don’t knock. They don’t announce themselves. They just rise up from somewhere deep, carrying a warmth and an ache you weren’t prepared to feel. This morning, one of those memories found me — a memory of… Continue reading The Three of Us (Dennis, Rodney, Timothy)
Timothy, The Waiting Horizon
Written by Dennis Harvell, Photograph Timothy Harvell Grief bends us toward memory,but horizons remind us of what endures. The Loss These past years still feel strange, never returning to the normal I once knew growing up. My brother is gone. Grief takes up all the space you give it—the loss of a sibling is a… Continue reading Timothy, The Waiting Horizon