REFLECTIONS

When someone you love dies, the world begins removing their name from places where it always belonged. Sometimes the smallest administrative tasks can deliver the biggest emotional blows.

Erasing the Evidence

When Dave died, I knew there would be countless practical matters to take care of. What I wasn't prepared for was how some of those ordinary tasks would affect me emotionally.

There were moments when it felt as though the world was quietly erasing the evidence of a life we had shared for more than two decades.

It's strange how something so routine can hurt so deeply.