I've Lost More People Than I Know What To Do With (So I Built Something)

There's an…indescribable feeling that comes with being a person who has lost a lot of people (and animals). Like you become aware at some point, your realize your grief list is getting long enough that it starts to sound like a bit much. Like you're making it up, or competing, or asking for something. And so you learn to mention it carefully, or not at all, or with a kind of pre-emptive apology in…