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His Birthday Came and I Forgot to Be Sad Until 11 PM

May 25, 2026 · Grief Loss
His Birthday Came and I Forgot to Be Sad Until 11 PM - a story about losing a parent young

Grieving a parent you lost too soon doesn't follow a schedule — it shows up when it wants. The real work isn't stopping the grief from arriving, it's learning not to be swallowed whole by it.

“Worthy persons deserve to be called so because they are not carried away by the eight winds: prosperity, decline, disgrace, honor, praise, censure, suffering, and pleasure.”

- Nichiren Daishonin, 'The Eight Winds,' WND-1, p. 794
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