This bouquet of sunflowers was so hard to bid farewell. There was just something romantic about them — even in this wilted and dehydrated state.

After seeing a movie where someone dies, YaYa has a hard time getting to sleep. He clings to me, and resists falling asleep for fear that morning will not come. After sifting through the critical family documents for YaYa’s birth certificate puts Tom’s death certificate in my hands as well, I have a similar reaction. [...]