The Satellite Son and the Cane Son: When Money Can’t Carry Grief

lose identity.

When the person they were holding up collapses, they don’t feel relief.

They feel empty.

That afternoon, I did something I had not done in fifteen years.

I went to the grocery store in our town.

Not for nostalgia. Not to “see the old place.”

I went because the fridge was empty.

David didn’t come with me. He couldn’t. Or wouldn’t.

Inside, the continue reading …