Adding the essay went quickly today. I added “The Empty Couch.” It deals with grieving, and is a bit melancholy. But it speaks for what many people feel.

An excerpt:

We all grieve in different ways. Some people grieve loudly, others in silence. Some people take a long time to grieve, other people finish grieving in a short time. Grandma told me she was grieving long before Grandpa actually died, and I think that is true for me also. But that doesn’t mean I finished grieving before he died.(Read more.)

Now I am going outside to enjoy a bit of sunshine.