Miriam Lernerkeeping the needlesThere are two reusable shopping bags on top of the shelf above the old Emac computer in the room that used to be a sort of office in our…2 min read·Feb 23, 2024----
Miriam Lernerthe ways of motheringIt took me a while to approach the surface of the underwater world of immediate shock and grief, voices were muffled, yet high-pitched…5 min read·Jan 5, 2024----
Miriam LernerWhy I don’t believe in “CLOSURE”Don’t worry, I won’t be rude when you kindly say, “If they find his body at least you will finally have “closure.”2 min read·Aug 17, 2023----
Miriam LernerHere. and there.This is the first time I have attempted to write anything — for me or anyone else — since my son died. I find that I have created rituals…7 min read·Apr 8, 2022----
Miriam LernerIncident at Peach Creek: The White Women Who StoppedWe hiked up out of the Havasu canyon May 27, 2006. Behind us was a cascade of blue green water pouring impossibly from the desert and…18 min read·Feb 11, 2022----
Miriam LernerThe Waters of BethesdaI remember the exact moment when I learned I was the child of a child. It was Autumn, and instead of the usual vibrant explosions of…17 min read·Feb 11, 2022----
Miriam LernerAnother Heroin Diary** update, 1/16/21…Nathan died January 6, age 30. He relapsed and then took his own life. If you are reading this and feel disheartened —…27 min read·Mar 27, 2018--1--1
Miriam LernerAddiction: How Heroin now owns my family(Also, I don’t know how to add to this page, here is my son’s blog, Another Heroin Diary, also on The Medium:21 min read·Jan 9, 2018--3--3
Miriam LernerHow to serve food to a refugee…The van of volunteers from the organization Help Refugees/L’Auberge des Migrants pulls up between two transmission towers in an empty lot…12 min read·Jan 7, 2018----