My wife and I are trying to figure out what we want to pass down to our kids about my father, who died when they were babies, but we disagree about how much of his struggles with addiction should be part of that story. We both want to honor his memory but we have completely different ideas about what honoring him means.
More people experience this than they realize.
Deciding what truths about the dead to carry forward requires choosing between competing definitions of honor, love, and protection.
“Where Are You with What you take with you — the inner legacy that death carries away?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.