What You Learn When You Read Obituaries
Almost always, singular details or lines like this stand out, eternally. “She was exceptional and I am very proud,” one motherListing details like this is, of course, limiting to each of these people. Your own life couldn't be reduced down to one detail; if you've ever tried to capture it all in a eulogy or a Legacy.com post before, you definitely know the challenge of even trying to do it a few hundred words.
I’ve read, perhaps, 150 obituaries in the last two months, and in each, those who have died from COVID-19 are revealed to be totally distinct, the unique combination of a thousand different vectors and hues into one irreplaceable person that's different from the next. And in these stories and threads, you can always feel the reverberation of that one irreplaceable person through the people who knew them who are quoted, and the peoplehave been hearing from about whoever it is that's died. One death is felt by many, in ways that might even be unexpected to them.
In the United States alone, at least 78,000 people have died. Even if you wanted to, there'd never be enough time to find everyone and read about them — a hopeless scale thrown into relief by how big people’s lives are in each individual story. There are just so many ways that people can be, and won't be again. ●
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