Running + grief = happiness (or running + happiness = grief)

Yesterday was my dead sister’s birthday. I used to set out food for her each year, since she died of complications of an eating disorder and I figured that her ghost must be hungry, but a few years ago I began running instead. My sister, Cathie, and her dog Barney. This year I’m in Tucson,… Read More Running + grief = happiness (or running + happiness = grief)

March 8, 2015March 8, 2015 cinthiaritchie7 Comments

Swimming and writing

Sometimes when I slow down, when it’s a day when I’m not running ridiculously long trail miles, I feel sad. Not just sad but a bone-crushing grief that causes my stomach to ache and my chest to tighten and every breath to squeeze against my throat until I know it’s inevitable: I’m going to cry.… Read More Swimming and writing

June 15, 2013June 15, 2013 cinthiaritchie3 Comments

Cinthia Ritchie

Author of "Malnourished: A Memoir of Sisterhood and Hunger" and "Dolls Behaving Badly"

Tag: writing through grief

Running + grief = happiness (or running + happiness = grief)

Swimming and writing