Self-published Media Are Really Critical. It's So

I'd Been Upstaged, Demoted From Protagonist In My Own Drama To Comic Relief In My Parents' Tragedy

It Certainly Was An Important Moment For Me, That Realization That I Was Not Going To Get What I Wanted. It Was Very Freeing. I Keep Using That Word "freeing" Or "liberating." I Feel Like Houdini Sometimes, Like I'm Just Getting Out Of One Set Of Shackles After Another, Hanging Upside Down Inside A Burlap Bag With Handcuffs On. Hopefully One Day, I'm Going To Get Out Of This Tank Of Water.

Grief Takes Many Forms, Including The Absence Of Grief

Even Drawing Gray Hair At All Is Difficult To Render In Black And White.

I Wish I Had A Typical Workday. I Struggle To Get Up At Seven And Almost Always Fail. I Just Try To Get To My Office As Soon As I Can, But It's Always Later Than I Would Like.