Brenda

“Turns out, in the opinion of most medical experts, your grieving process shouldn’t last longer than six months. And if you aren’t over it by then, there’s something clinically wrong with you. What the hell?”
― Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

“When someone has spent their years angry at the world, death just feels like one final cruel blow.”
― Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

“It’s so easy to see your parental figure through that lens alone, to think that their existence has always revolved around yours. But before they were parents, they were simply human beings trying to navigate life as best they could, dealing with their own disappointments, chasing after their own dreams. And yet we often expect them to be infallible. It”
― Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover

“The most important thing is never to look away form someone's pain. Not just the physical pain of their body shutting down, but the emotional pain of watching their life end while knowing they could have lived it better. Giving someone the chance to be seen at their most vulnerable is much more healing than any words.”
― Mikki Brammer, The Collected Regrets of Clover