Mastodawn

Please take a moment to read my latest Open Letter on my Substack publication Dear Two Daughters. There I write open letters, essays, and poetry to my estranged teenage daughters.

Please consider following the link to subscribe and receive my latest writing in your inbox.

https://open.substack.com/pub/deartwodaughters/p/am-i-just-your-mother?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=35z54g

#OpenLetter #Writer #Estrangement #NoContact #CustodyCourt #FamilyCourt #MothersDay #Motherhood #LateDiagnosedAutism #Parenthood

Nico Cost May 4

A dying father. A ten-year silence. A son returns to find nothing has changed. No forgiveness. No reconciliation. Just the quiet choice to walk away. A flash fiction about estrangement.
https://medium.com/microcosm/nothing-has-changed-6cbb5f879d51
#FlashFiction #Estrangement #ShortStory

Nothing Has Changed

Fault Lines Keep Breaking

Medium

Front Page [Unofficial]Apr 26

Nearly 40% of Americans went no-contact with a loved one last year. Here’s why we’re letting relationships go.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/nearly-40-of-americans-went-no-contact-with-a-loved-one-last-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nearly-40-of-americans-went-no-contact-with-a-loved-one-last-year

Denis 🌏Apr 18

Wow. There's nothing quite like seeing one's own life situation captured so precisely in words. I'm only a chapter or so in, but wow.

(and a little encouraging, since I seem to be handling things in the recommended ways, for what it's worth🤞🏼💔)

#divorce #estrangement #estrangedAdultChildren

Lindsay Douglas Apr 4

From my recent open letter to my estranged teenage daughters. From my secondary publication on Substack, Dear Two Daughters.

Please take a moment to click on the link below and give my letter a read, like, share, and comment. I'm working towards getting these letters out into the world and your support means the world to me.

This piece is titled 'Just another empty week' and it is very close and dear to my heart. In it, I highlight the ambivalent nature of the longterm and complex grief of parental alienation and domestic abuse. I also talk about how the weight of grief shifts over time.

Please read my open letter here: https://open.substack.com/pub/deartwodaughters/p/just-another-empty-week?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=35z54g

#OpenLetter #Estrangement #Isolation #Grief #ParentalAlienation #Alienation #DomesticViolence #DomesticAbuse #Divorce #CustodyCourt #FamilyCourt

Bodhi 心 Feb 28

Is anyone here reading what might be called 'dhammic literature', meaning literary fiction that explores dhamma-related themes - the human condition, suffering, happiness, perception.

In particular I am interested in conversations about the New Weird and how it 'estranges' us from habituated perception. Also looking for reading recommendations.

#dhamma #literary #fiction #NewWeird #ostranenie #estrangement #reading #writing

jaimedavid327 Feb 21

Four Years Later: Connor, Silence, and the Things Addiction Leaves Behind

Before You Read: A Necessary Disclaimer I need to say something before you continue. What you’re about to read is the heaviest thing I have ever shared publicly. Not just on this blog. On any blog. On any platform. This is not a dramatic exaggeration. It is a sincere warning. I have written about difficult topics before. I have written about personal growth, loneliness, identity, frustration, politics, science, and the complexity of being human. But this piece is different. This one […]

https://jaimedavid.blog/2026/02/21/12/47/41/analysis/jaimedavid327/9957/four-years-later-connor-silence-and-the-things-addiction-leaves-behind/

Longreads Feb 11

"All the parts about me that I hate the most, I got from you. All the parts I love the most, too. The romanticism, the love of history, a deep attunement to emotion, movies, and music. My teary-eyed, lachrymose nature. My love of journalism and photography." —J.Y. Lee for Off Assignment

https://offassignment.com/articles/jy-lee

#Fathers #Estrangement

To the Old Man in the Cowboy Costume — Off Assignment

“You wait there in the alpine light, beneath the fluorescent glow of the Thai restaurant. Your hair is cropped and peppered with gray, grown out from a few months post-shave, I suspect. You’ve lost some weight, lean again the way you were when I was young, but you still stand tall for someone from o

Off Assignment