My essay "Grief Walkers," on the need for
kindness when people are grieving, was published today at Manifest Station. It mentions Naomi Shihab Nye's poem "Kindness."
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On the first New Year’s Eve
after the death of a loved one, grief is a morose bear in purple that sits next
to us on the couch and occasionally reaches over to claw us.
There is no late night dancing. No twirling of
sparklers. No blowing of horns.
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