List-making in a Dark Time

by JAC | May 21, 2020 | Acts of Hope, Linked Publication, Love and Loss, Publications, Uncategorized, Writing

For any other list-makers out there, I published this on HerStories yesterday.””In this time of quarantine, my lists are offering me space outside of the walls of my home, a way of making sense of chaos, a self-imposed structure on structure-less days, and...

Only parent, only child: An ode to our small family [Washington Post]

by JAC | Jan 23, 2020 | Linked Publication, Love and Loss, Publications

I have a piece in the Washington Post today about my experience being in a small family, a family of two. Thank you, as always, for reading. You can find the piece...

Grief Looks a Lot Like ‘Crazy’ in ‘Dead to Me’ [Modern Loss]

by JAC | May 30, 2019 | Film, Linked Publication, Love and Loss, Publications

IMAGE: SAEED ADYANI / NETFLIX I watched the trailer of “Dead to Me” a few weeks ago while I was scrolling on Netflix as a reward for my morning yoga class. I debated watching it at first because usually loss isn’t portrayed very acurately, but I...

Why I Told Anne Lamott My Husband Died [Modern Loss]

by JAC | Sep 8, 2018 | Linked Publication, Love and Loss, Publications

Modern Loss published a short piece of mine today. I wrote it last spring about an experience a whole year before. Like many of my pieces, it began really with a question that the writing process helped me to address. I was frustrated and wondering why I still had to...