Grief is Not a Test

I lost my dad during the pandemic and tried to fast track my grief. It didn’t work.

Photo by Mayron Oliveira on Unsplash

Grief—and I shouldn’t have to tell anyone this (though I sincerely wish I did)— is a funny thing. Not so much haha funny but more “What else can you do?” funny. It’s funny in the same way spilling Tapatio hot sauce on your blouse as you hurriedly eat a breakfast burrito in the elevator ride…