A different (not better) approach to grief
On November 20, 2010, our second son, Vincent Wing Seun Stringer, died at the age 18 months following a 6-month battle with liver cancer. That night, I wrote the first of many blog posts working through my grief, attempting to grapple with what just happened. For the next year, I posted a public entry into my "grief journal" on the 20th of every month.
Dad’s quest for meaning
Today makes 10 years since the passing of my dad, Dr. Ronald B. Stringer. I was barely 25 at the time, married before kids, whatever that was like. Much has happened since October 11, 2005. To mark the occasion, here's an excerpt from my essay, Pulling Teeth published last year in the book, Father Factor.