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just finished reading and am so appreciative of the work that you did. so sorry about your losses and of course, words aren’t adequate. my folks are also both gone, and i know only that sibling-connection is all that enabled survival, on some level.
would that societal recognition of the importance of familial connection was universal and that there wasn’t the crazy thought that there could be a “replacement” family for a bereft child. wonder what the alternatives that could be more humane might look like…a home in which the kids could be all right (together) with some social service type adult supervision? – i don’t know exactly how it gets played. a classmate of mine lost both of his parents in a tragic car crash and he and his brother remained in the house in which they’d lived and relatives managed to take over so that the boys’ lives didn’t have to be complete disasters…. just amazed at how well you each managed to make managing an art and keep enough of it together – best of luck – i’m a specialist in bereavement, consequent, in part, i suspect, to too many losses…
Thanks so much for your note! We really appreciate it. We often think about how things might have been different if we were all kept together. I think it would have definitely lessened the pain and certainly the loneliness, but we wonder if we would be as close as we are today… I would like to think so! Wishing you all the best, and thank you again for reading our book and reaching out to share your thoughts with us. Best, Liz