(trying to) Explain the Inexplicable: Why Grief is so Tiring

Losing sleep after someone dies is definitely a thing, but it wasn’t my thing.

Photo credit: Kristin Vogt

Yes, sleep in the early days after my 37-year-old sister’s unexpected death was near impossible. I had to put on a TV show in the background..a show that was not too funny, but funny enough. A show that was comforting and familiar…