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We Should Speak of the Dead

April 13, 2022April 13, 2022 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 8 Comments

“I think people are uncomfortable, so they say nothing,” she told me, “like people no longer saying his name.” Had that been the case with my husband, Ken, and with my dad, Barry, had my friends and family not been able to remember either anniversary landing on these days, speak either’s name, say something they … Continue reading We Should Speak of the Dead

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