My Uncle Died on The 14th of May and Tomorrow is His Funeral

If you think that headline’s depressing, read this.

Emily Wilcox
Mind Cafe
Published in
4 min readJun 8, 2022

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My uncle (left) and my dad (right) in the deep past when electricity was only just invented. Probably.

Peace.

That’s where my uncle’s at. That’s what they keep saying, anyway.

“He’s at peace now. He’s resting in it.”

And that’s great, I’m sure it’s nice there — but it’s not home. It’s not here, with…

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Emily Wilcox
Mind Cafe

In a parallel universe I imagine I’m an astro-archaeologer or an orange cat (either way, I’m curled up on the moon) but here, and forever, I’m a storyteller.