What Death Reveals About Family And Distance

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 06:15:39 -0800

November 22, 2025—Middletown Springs, Vermont (Home)
I keep thinking about how strange it is, the way a family changes shape the second someone dies. I've seen it happen before, but this time it felt different—sharper around the edges, hollow in places I didn't expect. When my mother died this year, her house went quiet in a way that didn't feel like silence; it felt like a va…