A NEW NORMAL with CELENIA DELSOL

Instructions For A Tragedy

June 1, 2018 Celenia Delsol

Today marks the 8-year anniversary of my son’s suicide. Julian was 20 years young when he died. This story is dedicated to him, and everyone

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I Remember You

June 1, 2017 Celenia Delsol

I don’t remember what your favorite color was. I don’t know that I ever knew. But I do remember the day we shared raspberry popsicles that

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An (Un)Easy Solution

January 21, 2015 Celenia Delsol

I remember the call from my son’s therapist. Julian had recently turned 19, and had been in residential psychiatric treatment for a month. His therapist

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To The Parents Embarking On Their Journey Into Grief

January 18, 2015 Celenia Delsol

Recently, someone asked me how grieving my son is different now (four and a half years later) than it was during the first year he

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There You Are

August 8, 2014 Celenia Delsol

That boy holding the door for his mom, the kid waiting in line at Starbuck’s, the teen weaving his bike through traffic, the man leaning

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No Words

July 25, 2014 Celenia Delsol

There are words for those whose spouses die: “widows” and “widowers.” There is a word for children, even adult children, whose parents die: “orphans.” Although

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All Lives [Never] Matter[ed] – Audio

July 1, 2020 Celenia Delsol

I posted this poem days ago. And then a few nights later I read it out loud to a group of fellow “creatives” (they did

All Lives [Never] Matter[ed]

June 23, 2020 Celenia Delsol

What is this uproar Of “All Lives Matter”? As if all of them ever did? As if those first white-faced arrivals Cared about the natives

Reflections on the Color of My Skin

June 5, 2020 Celenia Delsol

Originally posted on Embrace Serendipity:
By Neil DeGrasse Tyson Wednesday, June 3, 2020 My colleague had other encounters with the law that he shared later…