Hasnain says:

One of the most moving, eloquent and well written pieces I have read in a long time. A deeply personal look into one family’s experience with trauma, how they all coped with it, both in time and afterwards. And a reconstruction of one person’s life through their writings and family

This really has it all, from love, to trauma, to rage, hatred, and conspiracy theories. Engaging, and - at the same time - makes you think and ponder about life and your own situation. Highly recommend reading.

“He says he almost wishes sometimes that he could trade his current well-being for the suffering he felt 20 years ago, because Bobby was so much easier to conjure back then, the sense-memories of him still within reach. “No matter how painful September 11 was,” he explains, “I had just seen him on September 6.”

It’s the damnedest thing: The dead abandon you; then, with the passage of time, you abandon the dead.”

Posted on 2021-08-10T05:52:41+0000