by Leesa Ross | Jan 26, 2018 | book, college, memoir, Uncategorized
The NRA wants to give me guns as sweepstakes prize. They do have a prize in the sweepstakes I would like to have, but it’s probably not for the reasons they think. Last week in my mail was a sweepstakes envelope from the NRA. I stared at the glossy emblazoned...
by Leesa Ross | Oct 21, 2017 | book, memoir, Uncategorized
Have you ever signed up to learn something—and a day before you’re about to start the class you realize what a totally insane idea it was? Yeah? My stroke of genius was the day I signed up for the public speaking workshop. I am super awkward on stage, in front...
by Leesa Ross | Aug 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
Do you ever wonder if the universe is sending you a message? That’s how I felt returning to the scene of the crime. I was at ease, for once, the first time I felt that way in North Carolina since Jon died. Boone was no longer a place like Death Valley. Keeping my...
by Leesa Ross | Jun 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Missing the rally would’ve been okay, really. I woke on Saturday with doubts about whether I should go. What kind of people will be there? Extremist, anti-gun supporters? I didn’t sign up to spend my Saturday with kooks. I wanted to go with family, even though they...
by Leesa Ross | Jun 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
The gun was there because it was a room with young adults, after an evening of drinking, and they did not bring enough education and training before that deadly moment—the one when an accident ended Jon’s life and turned mine into years of recovery from grief and...
