Capture Your Grief Day 13: Book

We are a society of independence and self-help.  Take a stroll down the aisles of any bookstore and note how many titles are devoted to do-it-yourself and fixing yourself.  From plumbing to dieting, there’s a “For Dummies” book for just about anything.  Just about. There is no such book as…

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Capture Your Grief Day 14: Family

Woe to the innocent grocery shopper who happens to stand in line with me and my circus, who attempts polite chit-chat by asking, “Three boys?”  The fellow shopper shall stand corrected by the seven-year-old, “Actually, there are FIVE boys—two died,” and shall offer an awkward “Oh” in response. I am…

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