The Weight of That First Call

The Weight of That First Call



You didn't plan what you were going to say.

You sat with the phone in your hand for longer than you expected. Because saying it out loud makes it real. And part of you wasn't ready for it to be real yet.

In this story Katie Meeson reflects on both sides of the hardest phone call — the one you have to make, and the voice that meets you when you do. Written from years of receiving these calls as a funeral director, this is a story about what it means to reach somewhere safe in the worst moment of your life.

And about the quiet grace of not having to face it alone.

A free story from A Collection of Short Stories by Katie Meeson — available at quiethavenstories.com