“Kaze no denwa – the idea of keeping up a relationship with the dead is not such a strange thing in Japan.” –Krissy Howard 2017

I felt relieved for a chance to talk about my mom. My grief was a heavy burden to carry around alone. Thankfully, she asked me when my classmates were focused on other things.

After I accepted the shock of my mother’s unexpected death, I had to learn how to grieve, but I didn’t know how. And everywhere I turned, I saw messages saying, “Don’t dwell on the past”, which kept me from grieving my mom and instead, suppressing it, the best I could. These were all unhelpful messages […]