Martyna Dearing
Bio
Martyna Dearing joined vocal right after COVID started in April 2020. Since then she got a few Top Stories, republished her book "Green Card Marriage", and is about to release another one titled "Loved, Death, and In Between".
Stories (75/0)
Drew, unspoken love
October 30th, 2022 Drew, It’s been 5 days since I ate. That means it’s been five days since you left me. Your heart went into a cardiac arrest, whatever that is, and it stopped. You stopped breathing too and your life ended in that moment. What you probably didn’t realize would happen, is my life ending as well. Actually, that would have been much easier- if I just died with you. Instead, you left me heartbroken and terrified of my life without you. I didn’t die that day, but my life ended.
By Martyna Dearing7 months ago in Chapters
How to waste your life without noticing?
You find a cool dish you want to cook one day. You find a place you want to visit one day. You learn a new skill you might use one day. What about now? You've been scrolling for hours. Forgetting the simple pleasure of unexpected lessons from the outside world.
By Martyna Dearing8 months ago in Critique
The Timeline of my Womanhood
The first time I was accused of not being ladylike, I was 7. The accusation was made by one of my female teachers based on the top I was wearing. She said trying to look ‘sexy’ was inappropriate for my age. I had no idea what she meant.
By Martyna Dearing8 months ago in Poets
Till death do us part
Bullshit. Marriage doesn’t end with death. Love doesn’t die with their last breath. Vowing to love, respect, and honor someone only when they are alive is almost as bad as signing a prenup. Real love lasts forever. Death did us part but our marriage doesn’t end until we say so.
By Martyna Dearing8 months ago in Critique
- Top Story - August 2023
A $250 fine for killing a personTop Story - August 2023
On a Tuesday afternoon, October 25th, 2022 my husband, Andrew Dearing was on his way home from work. He was driving a motorcycle. We got it about two months earlier because we couldn’t afford a reliable car. We were convinced that a newer motorcycle in good condition was safer than an old car that would require a lot of maintenance. At that time, we were 26 and 27, and we dreamt of owning a home with a fenced-in backyard for our dogs. So money was pretty tight.
By Martyna Dearing8 months ago in Criminal
Things I learned from my husband dying at 27
It's been a bit over 3 months since I got a call from my mother-in-law telling me the love of my life, my husband Andrew, was in a motorcycle crash and he was heading to the hospital in critical condition. That one phone call changed my life forever. Andrew didn't make it. His heart stopped and I don't know why this part gets me the most. It's not his head, it's not the broken bones or bleeding. It's his heart that gave up. Even now when technically I should be more logical about the whole thing, I question whether his heart stopped because it gave up on me. Maybe I wasn't enough of a reason for it to keep beating and bring him home to me.
By Martyna Dearingabout a year ago in Humans