Death showed up at my door at a rather young age. I was entering my early 20’s, where life…

The writer, Martin Prechtel, has a wonderful quote about grief:

Love and death are magnificent gifts which many of us leave unopened.” — Rilke

When asked the other day about my first experience with death, this was my response:

You may be thinking “Why would anyone want to be friends with death?” Which is a very reasonable, human thought to have. For…