On Loss

Two essays written out of personal experience with death, grief, and what disappears when someone we love is gone.

The first wrestles with how we face dying -- when to fight, when to let go, and why rigid rules are not enough for something so human. The second is about a particular kind of loneliness: losing the last person who witnessed your life the way you lived it.

Both essays are about Kathy.

On Death and Letting Go -- When should we fight, and when should we let love say: you don't have to carry this anymore?

The Last Shared Witness -- Sometimes death takes not only a person, but the last one who held part of your life with you.