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Introduction by Amanda Held Opelt

  “He was my North, my South, my East, and West…” From W.H. Auden’s “Funeral Blues” Growing up, I spent plenty of sleepless nights worri...

Thursday, November 18, 2021

"Regrets at the Holidays" Guest post by Jo Winkowitsch

 

Editor's note: This post is by my mom.  She has experienced much loss in life and I so appreciate the work she has done to help others in their loss, even as she grieves her own.  -Jess


Once I had an older brother.
This picture reminds me of that, and of happier days.  For a time there were only two of us kids. Two and a half years apart. I remember pretending to ride horses with him on the arms of our chairs, and ruling an empire with him outside our house. We had many fun times.
But that was before…

Before…