MEMOIR | GRIEF AND LOSS

My Ex’s Buddhist Funeral Made Me Reconsider Grieving

Parts of it nearly killed me but there were lessons

Photo by Dorota Dylka on Unsplash

Ken died in Phnom Penh. Before the fire of the cremation oven was lit, I talked to a large crowd— about his travels, his growing up in Michigan, our lives in Oregon and Cambodia, and his love of Star Trek. A hundred people…