This week's horror story in Charleston, SC has been on my mind and my heart. My grief and sense of sadness runs deep. My grief is compounded by the various politicians who are using this obvious act of racism, hatred, and ridiculous sense of entitlement by the 21 year old shooter to score points with their constituency. First of all, I hate getting embroiled in political volleyball because presumably nothing I say will convince those who have opposite values and beliefs fro

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I have been thinking about the word closure. You hear it bandied about when people who are not grieving themselves talk about grief. Some of my fellow bloggers blame its overuse or use at all on the media during times of tragedy. I don't know maybe that is where it started. For me, I first felt it when Cory died and four months later I ran into a fella who worked down the street from my office. I was on my way to the bank and we met up at the corner. He asked how I was. I t