Hilary Sun (she/her) is a disabled Chinese American. Her writing has appeared in Able Zine and the disability anthology The Ending Hasn’t Happened Yet (Sable Books, 2022).
After the memorials, the funerals, the endless influx of flowers and casserole dishes and well-meaning texts, the collective retreats back into their lives and all that is left is the individual, grieving for months and years and perhaps even the rest of their own life.