The Accidental Matriarch with Megan Malick
Stories of big grief and deep love; Practical Wisdom and Contemplative Practices for Settling Your Person's Affairs; And a Space for Grief to live OUTLOUD.
What is the Accidental Matriarch?
It is a newsletter on grief and loss, practical wisdom on settling someone’s affairs, and the Sacred in the midst of it all.
You can expect monthly stories, reflections, poetry, prayers, and questions about grief and how to walk through the liminal spaces of loss. You will also receive practical wisdom and practices for what it means to be a bereaved person tasked with the doctoral-level work of settling your person’s affairs. You will witness me listening for the still small voice and seeking the Sacred in the midst of it all. As this substack is new and a work in progress like me, this space will evolve and grow, and you will be a part of that.
Hi.
I’m Megan.
I’m a griever, an administratrix for both my parents’ estates, and a Gen-X matriarch.
In the wider world, I have titles and letters that come after my name. Many of those letters supposedly qualified me for helping grievers. Much of my training and life experience pre-matriarchood DID partially equip me to walk with others and now myself through the wilderness of bereavement and estate settlement. I also write my way through life attempting to translate what is happening in me and between me, the Divine, and the world as a way of making meaning.