One Good Thing

May was a month for remembering

[Normandy, 2019]

It’s been a month.

I’ve attended four memorials this month, all for elders I’ve cared about who have died.

Some people reflexively avoid attending memorial services. My habit is to show up. When a person has lived a very long life, attending their memorial helps me to reframe my own sadness, as I try to focus on the privilege of knowing so…