The Warmth He Taught Me is My first Lesson in Healing
Grief-Core Spotlight 2017 May Dayton Memory & Moment Amazon MGM Studios Back in New York, Douglas used to buy tubs of raw shea butter — the kind so firm you had to melt it with your hands before you could use it. He’d laugh and show me how: “Rub it between your palms first. That’s […]
When Summer Fades: The Quiet Ache of Grief’s Gentle Reminder
Grief-Core Spotlight Amazon MGM Studios New Uncertainties Amazon MGM Studios For me, the end of summer always carried a heaviness — the end of freedom, the return to structure, the bittersweet goodbyes after visiting family. Now, in grief, that same feeling returns. Every new season feels like being pushed into a new ‘school year’ of […]
Pumpkin Spice Comfort, and the Care Package Across the Seasons
Grief-Core Spotlight 2017 Seattle Starbucks Reserve Changing of the season Amazon MGM Studios Pumpkin spice season is more than a trend for me—it carries pieces of Douglas. When we first met, he would talk about pumpkin spice lattes from Starbucks and would always get the pumpkin spice caramel macchiato. The first fall after Douglas passed, […]
From Lume With Care: A Steady Light Between the Quiet Shadows
Grief-Core Spotlight Amazon MGM Studios Lume Title Amazon MGM Studios In most sci-fi, AI is built to calculate, control, or replace us. Cold machines designed to outthink us, or glossy voices meant to serve us. But grief has a way of making the world feel unrecognizable, and what we need in those moments isn’t a […]
UPLOAD– Where Grief Meets Sci-Fi, and Somehow Feels Like Hope
Grief-Core Spotlight Amazon MGM Studios Would you upload your loved one if you could? Amazon MGM Studios Sometimes a show finds you at the exact moment you need it. *Upload* has been that kind of series for me— a mix of humor, sci-fi, and something much deeper: the messy, complicated, tender weight of grief. It […]
UPLOAD– Where Grief Meets Sci-Fi, and Somehow Feels Like Hope
Grief-Core Spotlight Amazon MGM Studios Would you upload your loved one if you could? Amazon MGM Studios This light sci-fi drama from Greg Daniels asks a question many grief survivors have quietly wondered: if you could upload someone you lost—talk to them, see them, not lose them entirely—would you? Upload is more than a tech […]
