letterwishes

Dad: I had a brief conversation yesterday with the brother of the man who lives next door with his family. He introduced himself to me, reminding me that his father had died about 10 days ago. He seemed to be in a daze and subdued. I told him that you had died about 10 years ago, and that the whole idea of “moving on” or “closure” in American culture presents problems. When I said that he could see that I was tearing up, he told me that he thinks of his mother and sees her face every day as he had for 17 years. I don’t know if I’ll see him again, but it was both comforting and a bit painful to have this conversation with him. Milton