Who I am.

I write about the landscape of grief, nature, and the wisdom of fools. The author of four books, my essays, poems, and reviews have been published in over 50 journals, including in the Huffington Post and Colorado Review. I’ve won the River Teeth Nonfiction Book Award, the Chautauqua and Literal Latte’s essay prizes, and my work has been nominated for four Pushcart Prizes and named a notable by Best American Essays. My account of hiking in Yosemite to deal with my wife’s death, Mountains of Light, was published by the University of Nebraska Press. http://www.markliebenow.com.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Grief a Month In


Journal entry 12      

My grief hasn’t gone away.

People around me said they thought I would be over my grief after one month. It’s not. In fact, it’s worse. I feel like I've barely started. This is going to be a long journey and not something that I can jump over. 

I feel no gratitude for anything good that happened in the past, so please do not talk to me about feeling joy that Ev was in my life for 18 years. I might feel that eventually, but not today. Not today.


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