The Beauty of What Remains by Steve Leder

Author:Steve Leder [Leder, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2021-01-05T00:00:00+00:00

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After the eulogies have been delivered, there is a final physical letting go, the carrying and the lowering of the casket. The turning of the spade. The thunk of earth on wood or metal six feet below. This is often more beautiful than one might think. Take, for example, these reminiscences of the writer Marcie Hershman, which appeared in The New York Times. It wasn’t until her grandmother’s death that she really learned what it meant to carry a loved one with love.

When she was a little girl, it was, of course, her grandmother who carried her.

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