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Dispatch #2

Holding On

Mare started out as Sharman’s quirky and artsy friend who would show up at the office in the…

Kristin Taylor in Dispatches from Loss

Dispatch #1

The Thick Residue of Loss

Kristin Taylor in Dispatches from Loss

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Fade

Just after my dad died, my friend Madeleine, who had also recently lost her father, gave me an enamel…

Kristin Taylor in Dispatches from Loss

Dispatch #5

Shouts and Murmurs

Novels were the first to go, then anything longer than an essay. At first, my…

Kristin Taylor in Dispatches from Loss

Dispatch #7

Wish You Were Here

I crumbled when I saw this — tucked in a card from my cousin Christelle…

Kristin Taylor in Dispatches from Loss

Dispatch #6

One Year On

Dad passed on New Year’s Eve, so the start of this year also marked the beginning of life…

Kristin Taylor in Dispatches from Loss

Dispatch #8

Another Anniversary

Kristin Taylor in Dispatches from Loss

Dispatch #3

A Safe Place to Hibernate

Kristin Taylor in Dispatches from Loss

Dispatch #4

The Necklace

“This is for you to borrow during the fall,” says my friend J. as we mark the close of…

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“If grief could burn out / Like a sunken coal, / The heart would rest quiet“ —Philip Larkin

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