sister – The Tennessee Honeybee

We planted a tree

You dug a well You dug it deep For every wife you buried You planted a cedar tree The best, the best you ever had

Today is Chelsea’s 32nd birthday. After my wedding in May, I thought she had seemed strong enough to make it until after Christmas but if

It’s been a month. At 11 o’clock tonight, it has been a full lunar cycle since my sister breathed her last breath and left this

One of the things I inherited from my sister was several pairs of her shoes. This wasn’t particularly intentional, my momma just started asking me,

Today was a day and night of tears. It is becoming more real each day that Chelsea is gone. My house is something of a

It’s another “night shift” in which there is no one to watch over. It’s been almost two weeks and it all still feels unreal. Expected,

When my sister breathed her last, my first instinct was to crawl into bed with her… to keep her warm, to be as close to

I stood hunched over in the shower and watched the water swirling towards the drain but it shaped an undulating heart and I thought, “This

We have entered another night. She is still with us… with me. Her breathing is shallow, at 5-6 breaths per minute, but she is peaceful