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My Dearest Readers, I’d like to be able to tell you all that I live a carefree, exuberant life that is full of magical fairies and butterflies who chase me through lavender fields and tickle me. And that I’ve spent the past several weeks floating around on marshmallow clouds and drinking sparkling raindrops. Weeeeeell, this […]

(This one’s for you, Uncle Julius. Me with “Touchdown Jesus” at the heart of the Notre Dame campus in South Bend, Indiana.) Grief is not something every family does well. Some families grow apart. Some families curse God. Some curse each other. Some families wallow in self-pity. Some allow greed to overcome them. But this […]