"They laughed. They actually believed I was joking. Even upon further explanation, they refused to..."

“They laughed. They actually believed I was joking. Even upon further explanation, they refused to accept what I was telling them was true. It could not be true. They knew how grown ups behaved and it was not the way I described to them—“like monsters and ghosts”—my son said. Like monsters and ghosts.”

- ear DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #98: Monsters and Ghosts

Sometimes when reading Dear Sugar letters I get really emotional but this one is so good. I had this dream about a month after my dad died. He was a monster and then he was a ghost and I loved him even though it wasn’t ever an easy thing to do.