Grieving parents like me are told to gird themselves for anniversaries and holidays, for birthdays and religious events.
Each holiday centered on family is now barbed.
I love a holiday focused on gratitude and gathering, of food and camaraderie.
I tend to cook when I’m sad or worried, and I’ve been both, a lot, of late.
Living in loss is heavy; it is made all the more so by a world overflowing with grief, and parental pain.
Persons:
We’re, I’ve, I’m, Orli, unfathomably
Organizations:
trepidation