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My Dead Mom, Lauren Gallow
My Dead Mom, Lauren Gallow
Lauren L. Gallow
After my mom died I inherited all of our family photo albums and scrapbooks. Looking through these treasure books, I was drawn to three very special scrapbooks that my mom made in the late 1970s when she was a senior in high school and then during her first few years of college. I remember flipping through these books for the first time and having the uncanny feeling that I was looking at myself. I look so much like my mom in these photographs, it blew my mind.
Instagram Copy, Lauren Gallow
Instagram Copy, Lauren Gallow
Lauren L. Gallow
I regularly create original content including images and copy for the Desert Jewels Instagram. These posts are designed to empower and inspire our readers. They are drawn from our core values of authenticity, personal empowerment, and creativity.
Calls For Submissions, Lauren Gallow
Calls For Submissions, Lauren Gallow
Lauren L. Gallow
Desert Jewels issues a bimonthly call for story submissions based around a particular theme. After helping the Desert Jewels team decide on the current theme, Lauren is responsible for crafting and posting the prompts for each theme.
Promotional Graphics, Lauren L. Gallow
Promotional Graphics, Lauren L. Gallow
Lauren L. Gallow
I regularly design promotional graphics for Desert Jewels that we post on social media to advertise our services, maintain interest, and drive new readers to our website.
Editorial Copy, Lauren L. Gallow
Editorial Copy, Lauren L. Gallow
Lauren L. Gallow
As Editor in Chief of Desert Jewels, I manage all editorial content on our site. I help craft, edit, and update all Desert Jewels web copy including our mission statement, calls for submissions, and promotional pages.
Facebook Promotional Copy, Lauren L. Gallow
Facebook Promotional Copy, Lauren L. Gallow
Lauren L. Gallow
As Editor in Chief of Desert Jewels I manage all promotional copy for our Facebook page. I generate and disseminate Facebook posts promoting new stories on the Desert Jewels website. In this role, I write original copy summarizing and advertising each new story with the hopes of driving traffic to the Desert Jewels website.
Mom & Me, Lauren Gallow
Mom & Me, Lauren Gallow
Lauren L. Gallow
My mom died. My mom passed away. My mom’s dead. None of these versions feel right or even OK. Why do I feel like it’s my job to make other people OK with this information? Every time it comes up, I feel this urge to make light of it or make a joke about it so it’s somehow less uncomfortable for the other person. When what I really want to do is cry and try to explain how sad I am. To explain how much it hurts. That’s what was really surprising: how much it hurts.
Dinner, Lauren Gallow
Dinner, Lauren Gallow
Lauren L. Gallow
There were always rules in our house. Most were unspoken, unless you didn’t follow them. Then there was a lot of speaking. There were a lot of rules surrounding dinner in particular. Mom would plan dinner and execute it, always making sure to please both of us, my stepdad Michael and me. He was a vegetarian for a period of time, and I remember vividly my mom preparing two separate meals, one for Michael and one for me. So mom made the dinners and I always had to set the table.