Opinion | Ocean Vuong on Becoming a Father to His Brother (Gift Article)
Three weeks after my mother died, my brother moved in with me. In our grief I emerged as a kind of father.
I found this extraordinary and deeply moving.
(Try to experience it when youβre not in a rush. Read slowly. Cast your eye over the images with ease. Breathe. Let it meet you in your own grief.)
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I was *just* thinking the exact same thing!
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