The Dying Kind

I begin to wonder if that is the unexplainable reason why Elliott gets up so early on many days—is he also suffering from grief that wakes him up during that time?  Does he even at eight months know enough, understand enough to be grieving his older sister?  Does he grieve a mom that will always have a piece of her heart missing, a piece of her that is still stuck in May 2018 when Colette was alive?  Does he grieve the loss of being a little brother, knowing that the world will look at him as the oldest or only child? 

Written by Michelle Valiukenas and posted on The Dying Kind