About
I am a writer, caregiver, brain injury advocate, community writing workshop facilitator, and bereavement volunteer living in Maine. Much of my writing centers around grief, parenthood, caregiving, the natural world, and many things in between. I primarily write nonfiction (essays, flash CNF, and occasional articles) and poetry, and I'm at work on a memoir about my life with my first husband, his terminal brain cancer diagnosis at age 27, and my journey through parenthood, caregiving, and grief.
I am a member of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance (with a profile on MWPA's Find Maine Writers site) and a volunteer reader for Hippocampus. I'm a founding board member of the Brain Injury Trust Fund of Maine, and I currently serve on the boards of the Middle People Project and Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area.
You can sign up for my newsletter, The Red Eft, here, and you can find me on Instagram @sarahkilchgaffney, or email me at sarahkilchgaffneywriter(at)gmail.com.
"Here in mamalodeland we receive a lot of really amazing submissions. And sometimes one will just stop us in our tracks. They take us to another place. Totally distract us from anything else happening around us. Make us want to reach through our computers and hug the writer. To meet them. To take care of them. This is one of those stories...." -Mamalode on "Last One Standing"
"I just wanted to thank you. For writing those articles about grief and for understanding me so well when it seems nobody else does. You touched a place very deep in me and wrote things I've been feeling but haven't been able express or put into words. I also lost my husband to cancer 7 months ago. He was 31. We have a now 4 year old son together. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your writings. It's comforting to know that I'm not the only who feels these things and that it's ok. Thank you." -S.K., a reader
I am a member of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance (with a profile on MWPA's Find Maine Writers site) and a volunteer reader for Hippocampus. I'm a founding board member of the Brain Injury Trust Fund of Maine, and I currently serve on the boards of the Middle People Project and Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area.
You can sign up for my newsletter, The Red Eft, here, and you can find me on Instagram @sarahkilchgaffney, or email me at sarahkilchgaffneywriter(at)gmail.com.
"Here in mamalodeland we receive a lot of really amazing submissions. And sometimes one will just stop us in our tracks. They take us to another place. Totally distract us from anything else happening around us. Make us want to reach through our computers and hug the writer. To meet them. To take care of them. This is one of those stories...." -Mamalode on "Last One Standing"
"I just wanted to thank you. For writing those articles about grief and for understanding me so well when it seems nobody else does. You touched a place very deep in me and wrote things I've been feeling but haven't been able express or put into words. I also lost my husband to cancer 7 months ago. He was 31. We have a now 4 year old son together. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your writings. It's comforting to know that I'm not the only who feels these things and that it's ok. Thank you." -S.K., a reader