Posted by gachorpenning on April 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment
{The following post is the text of a letter I wrote to a man in his early fifties shortly after his father died.} Dear F., There is an ache and strangeness that comes when our parents die. I don’t think it really matters a lot how old we or they are when that happens. I … Continue reading →
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