Marybeth Hancher

SILENCE IS SUPREMACY | In Memory of George Floyd

Most people don’t have their last dying words caught on camera.Most people don’t have their last breathe squeezed from them by the leg of a man squashing them like a beetle on a sidewalk.Most people can say “I’m going for a run— I’ll be back ...
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FOR THE MOTHERS WHO FEEL UNSEEN

This post might lack eloquence, but I promise it won’t be void of honesty.  I’ll type quickly and edits might be few because it feels more necessary to share it now before that One Day of the Year arrives rather than to write a long, ...
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Simple Joys

This essay was originally written on a quiet morning on March 26th after our first week of being under the COVID-19 stay-at-home order issued by the Ohio government. This was technically our 3rd week home due to Nadia’s scheduled spring ...
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Dearest Hands

The writing of this essay is in response to the Instagram challenge “Pieces of Us” by Ali Edwards. Thank you for always inspiring me to tell stories that are otherwise forgotten. Dearest Hands, Beginning a letter to you might be one ...
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Creativity & Caring (too much)

On Caring. Sometimes the personality (or enneagram/zodiac/whateverelseyoucanusetodescribeme) type I have drives me absolutely crazy & gets the best of me. My incessant need to please everyone and myself at the same time with expectations ...
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