Presence of an Absence

Posted on August 8, 2006 in Grief Milestones

Just write about how you feel. About Kathy, I tell myself.

I don’t feel shock or pain or remorse. I want to pick up the phone, dial her number, and say to her “What’s this death thing? What do you think you’re pulling here? Don’t you realize that it really puts the rest of us out? How are we to get your advice when we need it now?

“Come on back now. There are people who need you here, love you. They’re going on and on about these problems that you could deal with in a moment. So feel for the rest of us.”

Insert here a nearly pointless line about how this isn’t possible. Add a reference to Sartre’s “presence of an absence”. That sums it up better than prattle does.