There are so many things we don't talk about

like how the newborn softly sung in the crease of your elbow will end you.

Dec 30, 2025 • Kristen Jozwiak

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titles

The following is a running list of essay titles in my notes app. Some will look familiar; others I cannot touch. Not yet.

Dec 15, 2025 • Kristen Jozwiak

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let kids be kids

Tiny, they tumble and roar, bones bending only just so, limits cultivated by tiptoeing an invisible line. What a delight! To discover so young that…

Dec 3, 2025 • Kristen Jozwiak

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November 2025

the second visit

On Monday morning, we will be in New York City. will slink into the office of the only specialist in the world who studies my son’s rare condition. I…

Nov 13, 2025 • Kristen Jozwiak

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burning holes in the tape

My four-year-old slithers into my lap

Nov 7, 2025 • Kristen Jozwiak

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October 2025

No more babies

In the half-light I watch two boys ride bikes

Oct 30, 2025 • Kristen Jozwiak

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The handshake

There is an agreement

Oct 21, 2025 • Kristen Jozwiak

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Novocaine

An Open Letter

Oct 15, 2025 • Kristen Jozwiak

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Where do you go

when your eyes turn to glass –

Oct 8, 2025 • Kristen Jozwiak

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September 2025

The ER bathroom floor

has witnessed my desperation

Sep 30, 2025 • Kristen Jozwiak

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I wish I could give you my teeth

I would sew them into your gums,

Sep 25, 2025 • Kristen Jozwiak

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I might throw up, but it’s time

Do I start from the beginning?

Sep 23, 2025 • Kristen Jozwiak

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