Watching my mother’s glossy wooden casket covered with yellow roses being lowered into the ground when I was only 10 taught me death’s brutal weight. Ever since, I’ve struggled to understand how people can move willingly toward it. A few years ago, my neighbor invited me to her swearing-in ceremony. She had joined the Army. […]
Amanda Harding
Amanda Harding is originally from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and currently resides in Ocala, Florida, with her husband, five children, two dogs, and three cats. She earned her business management and entrepreneurship degree from the University of Central Florida and her MBA from the University of Miami. She is the granddaughter of a Marine and the author of the grief memoir, “The Woman of the House". Harding, who is married to former Florida State Rep. Joe Harding, is currently working on a collection of personal essays.
