murphree8Nov 29, 20233 minFour In The MorningThere have been mornings since my mother’s death, usually around four ‘clock, when the world seems darkest, and so do my thoughts. I have...
murphree8Nov 11, 202311 minPanic Attack: A Few Thoughts A week and a half ago, I found myself in front of students, teaching my lesson, and starting to lose my train of thought. I knew this...
murphree8Sep 17, 202310 minGrievingI woke up in tears, breathless, with my stomach feeling hollow and hurting from being tense with the shaking spasms of a broken son...
murphree8Sep 9, 20238 minLetters To My Mother: Letter Twenty-OneDear Mom, “This is going to hurt,” you told me in our last conversation. You were preparing me for what was to come. It does! Oh mom, it...