Incalculable Loss, 2020
Alexa Negrón Luciano (Neulisa Luciano Ruiz), 29, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, humble and noble • Yampi Méndez Arocho, 19, Moca, Puerto Rico, your favorite baby • Monika Diamond, 34, Charlotte, N.C., chosen mother to countless • Lexi “Ebony” Sutton, 33, New York, N.Y., would give you the shoes off her feet in winter • Johanna Metzger, 25, Baltimore, Md., college graduate and self-taught musician • Serena Angelique Velázquez Ramos, 32, Humacao, Puerto Rico, a strong soul • Layla Pelaez Sánchez, 21, Humacao, Puerto Rico, had recently moved to the island from New York • Penélope Díaz Ramírez, 31, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, wore long blue pants and a white shirt • Nina Pop, 28, Sikeston, Mo., always happy • Helle Jae O’Regan, 20, San Antonio, Tex., lived like it was the best day of her life every day • Tony McDade, 38, Tallahassee, Fla., struggling, struggling, struggling
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Damn. This hits hard. Thank you Naomi.
The loss robs all of us of the richness of their lives. Then, too, we are well on our way to living in a grandparentless world. Where will we find the wisdom they couldn’t leave us?
For real. This is going into my all time favorite poems collection.
☺️ Thank you!