https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/opinion/child-loss-grief-anniversary.html
("If You See a Fox and I've Died, It Will Be Me")
I love Orli's mom. I love how she keeps her daughter vital and vibrant through her words. I love the depth of emotion she can wring out of each word, each sentence, every thought. I love how real, how visceral she is in informing us of what grief looks and feels like. I love that she is both simple and elegant at once.
Sarah Wildman was clearly extraordinarily fortunate to have had Orli in her life. It is tragic that Orli's days were so few and almost unimaginably sad that so many of them were so hard. But Sarah Wildman can find a measure of comfort in knowing that she will surely go through the rest of her days seeing her daughter at every turn.
While Orli's physical presence may no longer remain, the beauty, courage and grace she exhibited will be everywhere Sarah Wildman looks. No matter if she never again happens upon another fox, Orli will now and forever always be with Sarah Wildman. For Orli resides in her mommy's head and in her heart.
In the course of my life, there are certain memorable things that I have experienced, whether it was going on a trip, or someone I had a meaningful conversation with, or something I read that moved me. I am so grateful to have read Sarah's articles about Orli. So very moving in the way she describes not only the loss but the way Orli lived her life with her family. It is more than a life lesson. To use her words, "we have to let this beauty in". I am so very grateful for her words--RE