Death and Anniversaries

Emily (Image by Amy Daniels)

I’m approaching that time of year: the one-year anniversary of my daughter’s death. What a strange way to refer to the date that my daughter stopped taking breaths here on Earth. Anniversary. Doesn’t that connotate a happy day to which you should celebrate? It doesn’t seem right to refer to the day, one year ago, that my daughter physically left us, as an anniversary.