Oh, Colleen. Such a powerful recollection of the most bizarre and incomprehensible time. Thanks for sharing this. Beautifully written. This is the part that landed right inside me: "However, I can’t take them into my heart in a simple open way. My relationship with my mother was so fraught and complicated that even now I don’t feel plain grief." This is the part I also know intimately.
Wow Cohl, what an experience. You were there as I was for Dad. The grief is palpable. I miss all three of them, my family. There are three left of that original six. Thank god that life goes on and that children and cousins exist and some small part of the tales of the life we lived continue to give some meaning to it all. Lots of love. Sean.
Oh, Colleen. Such a powerful recollection of the most bizarre and incomprehensible time. Thanks for sharing this. Beautifully written. This is the part that landed right inside me: "However, I can’t take them into my heart in a simple open way. My relationship with my mother was so fraught and complicated that even now I don’t feel plain grief." This is the part I also know intimately.
Oh Liesl, I hear you, much love.
Wow Cohl, what an experience. You were there as I was for Dad. The grief is palpable. I miss all three of them, my family. There are three left of that original six. Thank god that life goes on and that children and cousins exist and some small part of the tales of the life we lived continue to give some meaning to it all. Lots of love. Sean.