Ashley Erickson lives and works in Coralville with two of her great loves—her son, Jack, and their dog, Bugsy. Her wry style and penchant for profanity make the story of her formative years entertaining while insightful. However, the story gets all-the-way real when in the fall of 2022 her husband passed away after a sudden illness; the events of that time are unlike anything you’ve heard. But the real story is the love; the love she and Jeff shared, the love Jeff felt for their son, the love he had for life. Most importantly, the love that fills the space caused by grief, the kind that holds us up and puts us back together and reminds us all we can begin again.

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