In Fresh Air with Terry Gross "Interview with Marie Howe", Howe shares her deepening and most intensifying happenings of her life. Howe shares the death of her brother, friend and secrets of her “doings” with her friends down in the basement through her poems. I care about the poems because it’s an autobiography of incidents of her life. There’s much more meaning to the poems; rather than lines that rhyme they are lines that tell personal stories in creative literary force. The pieces she share relates to some aspect. She talks about the death of her brother and about how his death gave her a whole 360 on life. That reminds me of when my aunt passed away years back. I used to spend every weekend with her and exactly my whole summer with her along with my sister. It was not voluntary but I choose to be optimistic about the visits. When she passed, I felt bad because I did not drop one tear. I wondered why; I loved her. She and I built countless memories from goofing off to cooking. I will never forget that she was one who taught me how to cook. So, I’m sitting there at the funeral pondering about how soulless am I? She was sacrificed for me and I can’t even drop one tear for her? About a week after the funeral I saw this article that shared words from Dr.Suess and my answer was there. Dr. Seuss said, “Don’t not cry because it’s over, but smile because it happened.” That simple quote put into words exactly how I as feeling. I know then I wasn’t soulless, I was just pleased with the memories I gave her to take to her grave. Just like, Howe’s brother’s death changed her view of life, so did my aunt’s. I’m not going to waste my time grieving over life’s mishap, I’m just to shrug my shoulders and say okay. If there’s anything I can do to fix it I will but if not I’m going to go about my business with a smile. With that said, at funerals I will share my grievances and give my respects; I'm not heartless. But I will not spend a week grieving I will spend a week thinking of the memories we shared and smile that they happened.
