Not all people process a loss the same way. For Kristin Pettit of Turlock, it took nearly 15 years after the suicide of her first husband in 2004 for her to share one of her many feelings with the world.
In 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pettit poured herself a glass of wine, went inside her pool, and began writing her thoughts away. In 15 minutes, she had written a story of a family of butterflies, each dealing with the loss of a loved one in a different way. The main theme of the story was each butterfly having a different way of remembering their loved one, which resulted in arguments.
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