Just prior to Halloween, a friend from grad school visited me. It’s always nice to have someone come over to the house, especially for lunch or for dinner. I love socializing around food, but I rarely have guests visiting anymore. Less so since the pandemic. I hadn’t seen my friend since 2019, as she’d moved after graduation and has just recently returned to Vegas.
How your words resonated, Autumn! Deep condolences. Having lost both my parents in a quick spate of 16 months that started in Dec 2020, I still reel with shock every now and then when the implication that I'll never see them again lands out of the blue. For me it also dealt a loss of birth country because I no longer have a home in India where I can come and go at will. The pain instead comes and goes as it pleases and takes at will. I've written a lot about a similar grief trying to convey what it feels like and trying to make sense of this foundational loss, which is not uncommon, was (mostly) inevitable and yet...
Beautiful piece, Autumn. It made me tear up. I'm so sorry for your losses and grief and pain.💔
As golden as autumn. Thank you so much.
How your words resonated, Autumn! Deep condolences. Having lost both my parents in a quick spate of 16 months that started in Dec 2020, I still reel with shock every now and then when the implication that I'll never see them again lands out of the blue. For me it also dealt a loss of birth country because I no longer have a home in India where I can come and go at will. The pain instead comes and goes as it pleases and takes at will. I've written a lot about a similar grief trying to convey what it feels like and trying to make sense of this foundational loss, which is not uncommon, was (mostly) inevitable and yet...