'What do we do now with all the grief that never had its proper chance to be shared in person?'
MilanEXPO via Getty ImagesEach one was populated by squares of pixelated faces grieving from home online together; heartfelt eulogies glitching; poems and video montages jittery with spotty reception.
We find ourselves adjusting. While our children are appalled at old TV shows where passengers smoke cigarettes on airplanes, we now cringe at scenes of crowds hustling through packed train stations, bumping mindlessly into one another, carelessly shaking bare hands. How reckless! A mix of horror and nostalgia flood us.We wonder how we’ve been catapulted so quickly and so far from what once seemed normal.
Part of the comfort in these traditions is knowing we will continue coming together. None of them end with Zoom’s red button or being toldThe service had not yet begun, but the host had forgotten to mute the call. My heart picked up its pace, relieved at having unexpectedly been transported there. I shut my eyes, privy to the small talk, grateful for the technical error. I recognized my friend’s family members’ voices. I was there, standing beside them amongst the chatter, invisible, yet there.
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