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Grief

Personal essays by Quincy James Freeman on loss, memory, family, and the ways grief returns through ordinary moments long after a loved one is gone.

The Silence in the Cabin

19 October 20263 February 2026 by Quincy James Freeman
Header image for “The Silence in the Cabin”

Grief does not disappear. It waits. It watches. It returns when you are still enough to feel it.

Categories Essays Tags Grief, Identity & Origin, Memoir Leave a comment

Thanksgiving Morning

17 October 202627 November 2025 by Quincy James Freeman
Three freshly baked sweet potato pies cooling on a stovetop on Thanksgiving eve

On Thanksgiving morning, after five hours baking pies for no one, I wake up in tears and start asking what I have been guarding people from.

Categories Essays Tags Food & Place, Grief, Memoir 1 Comment

The Enduring Light of Jewel Thais-Williams: How Catch One Illuminated My Path to Freedom

19 October 20269 July 2025 by Quincy James Freeman
Jewel Thais-Williams inside Jewel’s Catch One in 2015.

How Catch One Illuminated My Path to Freedom. Being different is one of the hardest things one can endure, especially in the developmental stage of life.

Categories Essays Tags Grief, Identity & Origin, LGBTQIA+ History, Los Angeles, Memoir
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