What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind by Jennifer Senior
A little more serious than what I usually share here, but this is a remarkable piece of writing I revisit every year. Simultaneously a beautiful eulogy, an intimate study of a family's grief, and a deep understanding of how easily you'd live through it all again.
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Wow. Thank you for this. So powerful.
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What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind
Joy Fowlkes
“The hardest part of early grief was trying to process alongside shared loved ones. I wish I’d read this essay years earlier… TW: this is a 9/11 story “Early on, the McIlvaines spoke to a therapist who warned them that each member of their family would grieve differently. Imagine that you’re all at the top of a mountain, she told them, but you all have broken bones, so you can’t help each other. Yo”
Anniebraves
“A poignant essay on grief, 9/11 and really what it is to be human. Tuck away some time to read this.”
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