Kelly Salasin

Category: Loss

  • First Sleepover~ “one” becomes “two”

    My son isn’t sleeping under the same roof as me, and I feel a great dis-ease. My heart presses against my ribs searing my skin attempting the impossible– to reach him. And I wonder, How will I breathe when he is gone for good? (to college, to his own life, under another roof with his…

  • Love’s Testimony

    Kelly Salasin I spoke these truths at my mother’s funeral in 2000. I have the deepest respect for my mother and  
I’ve always wanted  to be able to offer this kind of public testimony for her–because she was a “background/behind the scenes” kind of person who I felt needed to 
be exalted… My mom supported…