Published in The 1922 Review, Jessica Wierzbinski’s work is a sharp and deeply personal excavation of family, faith, and the women who shape us. Spanning generations, it captures both the force and fracture of a lineage marked by devotion, contradiction, and unexpected forms of resilience.
Rendered with humor, edge, and tenderness, the piece resists easy conclusions. Instead, it lingers in the tension—between reverence and critique, belonging and distance—offering a portrait of inheritance that feels as unresolved as it is real.