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Unforeseen Grace

Jen Ripa

Essays on grief, resilience, and the ordinary miracles that carry us forward.

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All of It

The garden by the driveway wall is past its peak now. The April flowers I chose for Oliver have done their loud and tender bloom and gone quieter.

The forget-me-nots came up sparse this year. They are biennials, and this is a quiet year fo...

18 days ago
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The Fox

The spots appeared around two o’clock Friday afternoon. The nausea followed by four. I hadn’t had a migraine of that magnitude in years. It felt like every circuit in my head had tripped at once, and I was laid up on the couch, YouTube podc...

a month ago

Surrogates

I knew from his voice the moment he said “hi, Mom” that something had happened. He was on the Taconic Parkway in the dark, driving himself home for winter break. A deer had jumped onto the highway ten feet in front of his car. He swerved an...

a month ago
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What the Water Knows

While Oliver was alive, I painted in the basement.

He and I shared a small workshop room down there, and the workbench against the far wall was painted lavender. The previous owners had left it behind, dingy and unapproachable, and I had p...

a month ago
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The Creature

Written March 18, 2025

The creature I love is fourteen now, the youngest of four brothers. He doesn’t remember the feasts and the music and the laughter so well. He was just three when his big brother Oliver was diagnosed. He doesn’t remem...

a month ago
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  • Jen Ripa

    I write about grief, resilience, and the ordinary miracles that carry us forward. Mother of four sons, one of whom I lost, along with a husband of twenty-five years. I'm building something lasting from what love leaves behind.

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