Mastodawn

This is a beautiful piece if reflection from @mariapopova with advice about what to do when your parents are dying.

I lost my father in my mid-20s. He was my North Star and coming to terms with being adrift was earth-shattering and then, ultimately, redemptive. It flattened me and then set me free.

In some ways it it was a gift that it happened when I was old enough to understand and reflect on its impact but young enough to benefit from that growth.

https://www.themarginalian.org/2021/11/11/when-your-parents-are-dying-mary-gaitskill/

When Your Parents Are Dying: Some of the Simplest, Most Difficult and Redemptive Life-Advice You’ll Ever Receive

“Death makes human beings seem like very small containers that are packed so densely we can only be aware of a fraction of what’s inside us from moment to moment.”

The Marginalian