A Christmas Gift Disparity Sparked An Unexpected Morning Reckoning – The Archivist

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She didn’t send flowers.

The service was small. Robert’s brother came, looking older than I’d ever seen him, grief making him fragile in a way that surprised me. A few colleagues from Robert’s career, people who’d retired years ago but remembered him fondly. A neighbor from the old neighborhood, two states back, who’d somehow heard and made the drive.continue reading …