Maureen Pollard interviews Tara McGuire, author of 'Holden After and Before: A
Love Letter for a Son Lost to Overdose', about her experience of losing a child to an accidental opioid overdose at the age of twenty-one, and the stages of grief that followed. "[Integration] makes a lot more sense to me than acceptance. Some things are completely unacceptable. But, I think what I have been doing now that you mention that, is integrating Holden's death into the fabric of my life and my family in a way that can coexist. Sometimes we talk about parallel tracks, like you can have this grief track that you're living and you can also have your life track which can have some joy in it, some peace in it, some progress in it, and the grief is still there beside you."
Tara's book is referred to as 'a moving meditation on grief: a stunning book that traces Tara McGuire's excavation and documentation of the life path of her son Holden.' and you can find it here: https://taramcguire.com/holden-after-and-before/
