I read this last Sunday and it really struck a chord with me. Thanks so much for sharing it. I lost my mum when I about 3 and then my dad when I was about 14. I don’t often talk about it with people and I’ve never really been able to articulate why… but this sentence absolutely nailed it for me - ‘neither Jack nor I tell it much to anyone else, perhaps because it sounds so sad that it feels like handing someone a thing they don’t know what to do with.’ It’s such a good way of putting it.
Hey James, hope you’re good.
I read this last Sunday and it really struck a chord with me. Thanks so much for sharing it. I lost my mum when I about 3 and then my dad when I was about 14. I don’t often talk about it with people and I’ve never really been able to articulate why… but this sentence absolutely nailed it for me - ‘neither Jack nor I tell it much to anyone else, perhaps because it sounds so sad that it feels like handing someone a thing they don’t know what to do with.’ It’s such a good way of putting it.
Anyway, I hope you’re doing well mate!
Theo