Thank you for sharing this story. A real heart suffering a real loss that has nothing to do with his reason for incarceration. It helps me remember how incarceration complicates the human souls need for compassion and mercy. I have a brother serving time and today he is finding out he is going to be a grandfather for the first time. Won’t likely meet this grandson for years to come. A different kind of grief but grief nonetheless. Thank you again.
Thank you for sharing this powerful narrative. You have underscored the way these institutions (i.e., prisons) callously strip away the humanity of the inmates, as though they were sub-human.
I no longer know anyone who is behind bars, but I shall keep your advice on hand should that situation change.
This broke my heart into a million pieces. I've known too many men and women, while incarcerated, having lost someone precious to them with no space to grieve. I wish my tears could heal the pain, if only I could bring peace to the grieving hearts.
the fifteen-minute video call to watch someone grieve - that's the detail that should make people stop scrolling. because grief is already isolating. but grief inside a system designed to erase your personhood is something most people don't have the framework to imagine. you're not just mourning. you're mourning on a timer, in a room that was built to contain you, with someone else's schedule deciding when your feelings are allowed to start and stop. the part about ty's sister is important because it shows that connection doesn't require proximity. it requires someone willing to hold the weight with you. and sometimes the person who can do that is someone the world would never expect to be capable of it.
Thank you for sharing this story. A real heart suffering a real loss that has nothing to do with his reason for incarceration. It helps me remember how incarceration complicates the human souls need for compassion and mercy. I have a brother serving time and today he is finding out he is going to be a grandfather for the first time. Won’t likely meet this grandson for years to come. A different kind of grief but grief nonetheless. Thank you again.
Thank you for sharing this powerful narrative. You have underscored the way these institutions (i.e., prisons) callously strip away the humanity of the inmates, as though they were sub-human.
I no longer know anyone who is behind bars, but I shall keep your advice on hand should that situation change.
This broke my heart into a million pieces. I've known too many men and women, while incarcerated, having lost someone precious to them with no space to grieve. I wish my tears could heal the pain, if only I could bring peace to the grieving hearts.
the fifteen-minute video call to watch someone grieve - that's the detail that should make people stop scrolling. because grief is already isolating. but grief inside a system designed to erase your personhood is something most people don't have the framework to imagine. you're not just mourning. you're mourning on a timer, in a room that was built to contain you, with someone else's schedule deciding when your feelings are allowed to start and stop. the part about ty's sister is important because it shows that connection doesn't require proximity. it requires someone willing to hold the weight with you. and sometimes the person who can do that is someone the world would never expect to be capable of it.