Entries by Kari

Letting a Place Rewrite the Story

Before we ever made it to Mexico City, the trip went sideways. One of my kids missed the first two days after discovering — too late — that her passport was nowhere to be found. She is certain we lost it. We are equally certain it is somewhere in her apartment. The law of natural […]

What We Carry Forward

On complicated loss, memory, and legacy Spoiler alert: this one isn’t as upbeat as they usually are. I’ve written before about death and dying — about ritual, about the power of mourning traditions, about the ways we gather to mark loss. I’ve written about shiva and minyan, yahrzeits (memorials), about funerals that hold us up, […]