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Erica Landis

Me, Two Guys Named Bongiovi, And Lots of Wine

10 min readJul 8, 2023

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Me, Two Guys Named Bongiovi, And Lots of Wine

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Erica Landis

It’s School Picture Retake Day and The World Is Feeling Fragile

It all started with School Picture Retake Day. For the record, I’m not big on school pictures anyway. But I want to support the PTA and…

4 min readNov 12, 2021

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Erica Landis

Scene...school drop off.

Child: Omg Mommy, PLEASE tell me you're wearing a bra!?

1 min readSep 24, 2021

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Scene...school drop off.

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Erica Landis

The Space We Take

A child’s death leaves an empty space on this earth. A mother alters the space her own body takes up to fill that space.

5 min readAug 24, 2021

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The Space We Take

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Congratulations, It’s A Baby Alien

Remember me as “good weird” when I’m gone…

2 min readAug 17, 2021

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Congratulations, It’s A Baby Alien

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Erica Landis

The Agonizing Safety Of Grief

Eleven years. Year eleven. The eleventh anniversary. It’s been eleven years…

2 min readJul 10, 2021

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The Agonizing Safety Of Grief

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Erica Landis

Sometimes You Get To Unexpectedly Hold A Chicken

A confession on waves of depression

2 min readDec 8, 2020

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Sometimes You Get To Unexpectedly Hold A Chicken

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Eye Contact And Pizza Bagels

A simple 2nd grade assignment taught me how to send my words out into the world when it was too difficult to go out myself.

3 min readSep 29, 2020

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Eye Contact And Pizza Bagels

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Erica Landis

September 19th Snuck Up On Me This Year

It’s been twelve years since that sunny morning Hal drove me to JFK Hospital for my scheduled c-section. Noah had turned breech in the…

2 min readSep 20, 2020

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September 19th Snuck Up On Me This Year

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Time Is An Asshole

“Mommy, wake me at eight o’clock tomorrow. Today you woke me at seven o’clock and that’s too early! I was still tired!” seven-year-old…

2 min readJul 10, 2020

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Time Is An Asshole

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Erica Landis

Erica Landis

Erica Landis started her writing career in Mrs. Kelly's second grade class with a tear-jerking essay about a №2 pencil. She's now a grown-up, bad-ass writer.

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