We Who Grieve

In this entry: The most vulnerable piece I've ever written and a related event invite. We Who Grieve 🫂 The Before and After of Loss Before We called her "Mom" because our mother called her "Mom." That's all we ever knew her by, my siblings and I. But her name was Pauline Ortiz, and she was the greatest person I've ever known. In fact, everyone seemingly knew her. Or knew of her. She was just that kind of person, you know? The matriarch of that little neighborhood in the Westside of San...