One Sentence archive - tag: "mourning"

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The same night my brother died, a church burned down across the city and my sister-in-law disappeared without a word.

2008-09-10 18:07:41 / Rating: 192.25 /

Over two months later and I still can't bring myself to delete his name from my phone

2008-04-08 17:04:35 / Rating: 299.25 /

I told my boss that when my dog died I would need a week of for a death in the family.

2008-03-05 12:35:33 / Rating: 159.75 /

My wife died eight days before her 35th birthday which would have been ten days ago.

2007-12-31 11:57:49 / Rating: 216.5 /

During the 90 minutes he was in our arms, his mother and I loved him a lifetime.

2007-11-26 12:35:50 / Rating: 483.75 /

Knowing that my miscarriage brought him relief is something I'm not sure I'll ever forget.

2007-06-22 10:48:05 / Rating: 1638 /

I stood under the stars as a man, and sang a requiem for the boy I had been.

2007-02-20 15:23:21 / Rating: 249 /

After experiencing the situation myself I suddenly realised you can spot if any person's parents are dead by the natural sadness on their face.

2006-09-11 16:11:52 / Rating: 264.25 /