Close to the Edge

Friday, March 1, 2024

Leif, My Superhero, Potty-Training Warrior Boy

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  The last 72 hours, I have kept my three-year old home, and fully committed to getting him potty-trained.  I've been preparing for this...
Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Dear John

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  Dear John, Today marks 8 years since you left this world.  It's cold and raining here in West Virginia this morning, just like it was ...
Saturday, January 25, 2020

A Pivotal Moment

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                                                                    August 2019  This picture was taken 2 weeks after Tristan and I to...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Breaking

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This is what trauma looks like at times.  An 8 year old boy, hiding under the dining room table with his face planted in his arms.  Wh...
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Friday, August 2, 2019

Double Restoration

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" Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion; instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot; therefore in their lan...
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Monday, May 6, 2019

Lori

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I met Lori while paddling the North Fork of the Smith River in Northern California in January 2014.  I had never been on a river as beautif...
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Saturday, March 9, 2019

Epic

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My last vision of John was 5 years ago.  It was a quick nod, and then watching him bush whack with his kayak down to a roaring flood stage...
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Erin Wilburn Borgeson
My name is Erin Borgeson and I live in the heart of the New River Gorge in beautiful Fayetteville, West Virginia. I moved to the Appalachian mountains a few months after I lost my husband, John in a tragic kayaking accident in Northern California on March 9, 2014. John was only 30 years old. We lived in Southern Oregon at the time and had a wonderful, adventurous life together. Shortly after his death, I began to write. Writing has been an outlet for my pain and experience so far with this huge loss. My hope is that by being honest with myself and others about what it is like to walk through this grief, and to share the experiences I've had since John's death, my story may help others as well.
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