Memorial Days
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Our culture is averse to sad. We want people to be happy. We’re chagrined and slightly offended when they’re not. There is a desire to cheer them up. And then, later, there will be a glancing at the wristwatch, a tapping of the foot if they cannot be cheered, if their grief is perceived to go on too long. I wish we could resist those things.