I texted the family group chat, “Flight lands at 5 p.m. — can someone pick me up?” I had just buried my husband overseas. My brother replied, “We’re busy — try Uber.” My mom added, “Why didn’t you plan better?” I simply wrote, “No worries.” What they saw on the news that night made them drop their phones…

I am Amelia, thirty-five years old, and today I buried my husband, James, in soil that wasn’t ours. After thirty sleepless hours of transit, my body felt less like flesh and bone and more like a collection of aches held together by grief. The flight from Singapore had been a marathon of turbulence and suppressed…

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