by Leesa Ross | Oct 21, 2017 | book, memoir, safety, 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 | safety, 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 2, 2017 | safety
#WearOrange: June 2nd and 3rd. I’ve never gone to a rally of any kind in my life, nor do I consider myself an activist. Then I received a text from Everytown for Gun Safety. I felt compelled to act. I clicked on the #WearOrange link and found that there was an...
by Leesa Ross | May 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
An excerpt from my memoir At Close Range, the story of my journey to a reckoning over the accidental shooting death of my oldest son Jon Like all of those other holidays since Jon’s accidental death, I feel a shortness of breath and sweaty palms long before...
