Author

Nancy Jorgensen

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Nancy Jorgensen is a Wisconsin writer, educator, musician, and regular blood donor. She is the mother of a high school English teacher and the 2016 Olympic gold medalist in women’s triathlon. Her essays appear in HuffPost, Business Insider, The Offing, River Teeth, Wisconsin Public Radio, and elsewhere. Her most recent book is a middle-grade sports biography, Gwen Jorgensen: USA’s First Olympic Gold Medal Triathlete (Meyer & Meyer). Find out more at NancyJorgensen.weebly.com

Creative Nonfiction

Winter Looks Familiar Until It Breaks You

At the hospital, the nurse paused my husband’s gurney at the kissing corner, where, drug-sleepy, he tipped his head toward me for a peck. The nurse said I would see...