There is an urgency, an immediacy, during an acute crisis. We do not think ahead, and we do not look back. At its most acute, impending death is merciful: We act, respond, re-act, and keep moving waiting for the next step, the next movement, the next breath, the next heartbeat… three two one . And […]
Tag: loss
Sometimes the losses pile up
I don’t know how we managed to be so fortunate. Only a few of our friends have been diagnosed with SARS-Cov-19, and as far as I know none have died of it. But still, the last year has been brutal on our family. Like most families right now, we are doing the best we can […]
A long, difficult week
Difficult mostly for other people, for me, just long and sad, but with some very good moments in between. It began with the death of one friend’s spouse, and ended with the passing of another friend’s partner. Cancer, both. Hard fights, both. Me at a distance, unsure what to do, how to help. I hate […]