Acceptable ways to play the grief card:
1) Getting an extension on a due date at school.
2) Taking some time off work.
3) Cursing at the bank rep who keeps calling to harass you about a $5 fee the day after the service.
4) Eating apple pie for breakfast with impunity.
5) Refusing to change out of [...]
It seems that I am directing my normal, healthy anger toward the grief handbooks which are trying to teach me that my anger is normal and healthy.
My dad liked to read my blog. In fact, the last time I saw him he bragged to my mom that he had “made it onto Wistar’s blog!” (I’d recently written a post about our mutual glee regarding the Dictionary.com snafu.) Dad also played a crucial role in the One Star Watt Turtle/Frog/Spider Saga of [...]