grief Archives - Alison Ver Halen

Telephone

I had never heard of this book before my book club elected to read it. The more I think about it, the less I liked it.

In which Meghan finally loses the last vestiges of her grip on reality and goes full Twilight Zone on poor Emoni, who cannot handle it.

Meghan ordered crab cakes, which were another favorite of her mom’s, and Emoni was too weirded out to try to pursue to the conversation any further.

That feeling when your mom dies so her favorite drink becomes your favorite drink, even if you hate it.

At what point is it acceptable to stop holding your best friend accountable to their diet after you made a pact together?

It’s a good thing Agatha had never had a firm faith, because no faith she knew of could have prepared her for this.

This is me calling bullshit on all those trite sympathy cards.

When it comes to loss, knowing is not always believing.

I know how cliche this sounds, but give me a chance to explain myself.

I’ve been hearing the word “pain” get used a lot lately, but it just doesn’t seem to fit what I’m feeling right now.