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, October 13, 2015

Breadcrumbs of Grief

Whidbey Island 4

As you start to walk on the way, the way appears. Rumi

In grief we have to let go. Of everything. Of memories and dreams, and, at some point, we have to let go of the one we loved. This is tremendously hard to do because we don’t want to lose whatever we have left. It tears us apart. 

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