Earlier this year, one of my second cousins committed suicide. Today would have been her birthday.
One of her aunts made a birthday cake for her and shared it with her (own) sons. She told them about their cousin and what it was like when she was born. This girl was the oldest grandchild, the one who redefined things for the family. Now she's gone.
My cousins lost their mother last year. We're inching near the anniversary of her death. This is going to be a complicated October for them.
We have all lost so many people in the last two years. So many people are going to be through days that are 'first withouts.'
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