Junie

by Erin Crosby Eckstine

‘I ask you to pass through life at my side—to be my second self, and best earthly companion.’

But no matter how much we keep on loving, they ain’t coming back. Grief will make you want to waste every breath on prayers that don’t get answered. Use that breath on the people you still got.”

“You see what he’s like in front of the company. Imagine how he acts behind a closed door.”

“But see, that’s the problem,” he says. “When the people you love are alive, there’s just enough space for doubt, to wonder if you could’ve done something different, if they’re sitting there waiting for you to come back and rescue ’em. Death doesn’t leave any room for doubt.”