Grief is strange. It doesn’t follow logic, it doesn’t keep a schedule, and it definitely doesn’t care about your plans. One moment you might feel surprisingly okay, and the next you’re tearing up in the grocery store aisle because you spotted their favorite cereal. There’s no neat roadmap through grief—just a series of emotional potholes […]

I was young. Young enough to believe that running toward disaster was simply the right thing to do. Young enough to not fully comprehend the depth of what was unfolding in front of me. Young enough to think that if I could just do something, maybe the world wouldn’t feel so terrifyingly out of control. […]