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"The bittersweet is about the desire for communion, the wish to go home."
There are two main sources of bittersweetness in my life: the void left behind by the death of my dad in 2018, and now the rapid (delightful, but way too fast) development of my little son. Both are complicated and somewhat intertwined. The introduction to this book includes a quiz that helps the reader determine where they fall on a scale from sanguine to bittersweet. I scored an 8.6 -- an unapologetically bittersweet stat ...more
There are two main sources of bittersweetness in my life: the void left behind by the death of my dad in 2018, and now the rapid (delightful, but way too fast) development of my little son. Both are complicated and somewhat intertwined. The introduction to this book includes a quiz that helps the reader determine where they fall on a scale from sanguine to bittersweet. I scored an 8.6 -- an unapologetically bittersweet stat ...more
Thoughtful look at sorrow and longing, how grief affects us, melancholy personality, and ancestral trauma.
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