Thank you for this timely and thoughtfully chosen collection of beautiful letters, they are each moving in their own particular way and brought me to welcome tears.
It seems strange giving a like to letters of grief, but having recently gone through the traumatic death of a man I called my best friend--a man I worked with, played with, and knew for forty-five years--only to have him slip on a piece of ice and slide under the wheels of my machine as I was driving through the yard at work, well, I have first hand knowledge of grief of a different sort. We all have to endure the passing of those we love. I thought my wife would never smile again when her father died unexpectedly at the young age of 69...until my own father died. Your world crumbles around you when the first parent dies. My mother died just as Covid hit, but she was 96. A good age and a good life. My friend was only 64 at the time, and while it was 9 months ago, I've had to live with the reality that he died under the wheels of the machine I was driving. I thank you for these short missives.
Dear Shaun, these letters are more than ever apposite, and each one has given me a good cry. Thank you for finding and sharing them; each one is a devastating gift.
Thank you for this. I lost my my brother in law recently and it is still so raw and painful. I haven’t been able to process it and grieve fully - it happens in fits and starts. It helps to read this - so much of it echoing within me.
Thank you for this timely and thoughtfully chosen collection of beautiful letters, they are each moving in their own particular way and brought me to welcome tears.
That is extraordinary, thank you for sharing.
It seems strange giving a like to letters of grief, but having recently gone through the traumatic death of a man I called my best friend--a man I worked with, played with, and knew for forty-five years--only to have him slip on a piece of ice and slide under the wheels of my machine as I was driving through the yard at work, well, I have first hand knowledge of grief of a different sort. We all have to endure the passing of those we love. I thought my wife would never smile again when her father died unexpectedly at the young age of 69...until my own father died. Your world crumbles around you when the first parent dies. My mother died just as Covid hit, but she was 96. A good age and a good life. My friend was only 64 at the time, and while it was 9 months ago, I've had to live with the reality that he died under the wheels of the machine I was driving. I thank you for these short missives.
Dear Shaun, these letters are more than ever apposite, and each one has given me a good cry. Thank you for finding and sharing them; each one is a devastating gift.
Thank you for this. I lost my my brother in law recently and it is still so raw and painful. I haven’t been able to process it and grieve fully - it happens in fits and starts. It helps to read this - so much of it echoing within me.