Even if we share similar experiences, the complexity of the human mind and its emotions could be written a million different ways, and in each way, be as uniquely personal and infinitely layered as the last.

These tales of family, grief and loss, life and love are the stories of the now. Interwoven with our words of the past they have created a tapestry of our six members, our stories forever intertwined.

That’s the beauty of fiction! A writer can take every crazy idea that flits through her brain and mash it, smash it, filter it, funnel it, bury it, burn it, or type it fast in all caps. The intent is there but not there. A moment of insight, a stab at the truth, a flash that fades as fast as a closed screen.