My Family is Dying

And no one seems to care

Matthew Woodall
Nov 2 · 8 min read
Photo by Osman Rana on Unsplash

They are all over my social media feeds. Memorial ribbons, departmental crests with a thick black line through them. RIP, EOW, “We’ll Take it From Here” and “In Memory Of” are etched across the eyes of people who I am proud to call my brothers and sisters.

There was another one tonight.

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