Write Aloud: Keep On Keeping On

Practical advice on writing through grief, heartbreak, and overwhelm

I started listening to a lot of music immediately after my Dad died. Mostly stuff he loved: Emmylou Harris; Willie Nelson. Jimmy Buffett’s “A Pirate Looks At Forty” on repeat. Eventually, out of both boredom and despair, other stuff started to sneak in. And recently I’ve found a lot of comfort in a song called “Silver Lining” by the sister-folk duo, Fir…