Things That Don't Suck

One poet's quest to uncover what shifts when we shift our attention

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Unpublished Andrea Gibson Speech: Do Not Rule Out What Scares You

A commencement address from one of the proudest moments of Andrea’s life

Jun 15 • Andrea Gibson and megan falley

The Goal Is Not to Miss You Less

A personal essay and poem by Megan Falley on grief intensifying over time, the myth that time heals all wounds, and finding Andrea Gibson through…

May 26 • megan falley and Andrea Gibson

What to Do When the Signs Stop

How I Learned to Talk to Andrea Again

Apr 20 • megan falley and Andrea Gibson

The Only Thing We Have Control Over

On shifting our attention toward what doesn't suck

Dec 16, 2025 • megan falley and Andrea Gibson

I Don't Want To "Get Through" This

Loving the holidays after losing a partner

Dec 23, 2025 • Andrea Gibson and megan falley

The Art of Grieving in Public

What happens when grief is not private

Mar 9 • Andrea Gibson and megan falley

The Choreography of Care

An intimate personal essay on love, loss, friendship, the many forms of caregiving. And the feeling of being carried by hundreds at Girls Just Wanna…

Jan 28 • megan falley and Andrea Gibson

I Swore I Saw Andrea in a Hotel Elevator

What if signs are how the dead write poetry?

Nov 25, 2025 • megan falley and Andrea Gibson

Am I Being Ghosted?

What to do when the signs stop.

Nov 9, 2025 • megan falley and Andrea Gibson

Don't Ask A Widow This

What to say when nothing fits

Oct 22, 2025 • megan falley and Andrea Gibson

Don’t Skip the Sadness

On watching our documentary for the first time without Andrea

Sep 25, 2025 • megan falley and Andrea Gibson

Go Now. Get Born. Live.

On the poetry of my grief, and saying yes.

Sep 8, 2025 • megan falley and Andrea Gibson

I Thought Grief Would Destroy Me

Instead, I Made My Partner Into A God

Aug 21, 2025 • megan falley and Andrea Gibson

Today Is Andrea’s 50th Birthday

A love letter.

Aug 13, 2025 • megan falley and Andrea Gibson