A month after I lost my sister, I had a dream where a goddess came to me and said, “I can take away the pain of your loss. I will cut out the shape of your grief, but I will have to also cull the memories of your sister. It will be as if Del had never been born, as if her life had never twined with yours for seven years. Would you choose that, to ease your suffering? To be able to draw a full breath again, to live a carefree life once more?” I didn’t even hesitate. I could barely look the goddess in the eye, but I firmly said, “No.” Not even for a moment would I trade my pain to erase Del’s
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