Elegy

Carla Stockton
Mar 12, 2023

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It’s an odd thing to be a sister whose little brother has died. The sister is not the wife who tended to him for 42 years, who devoted her existence to making sure he lived longer than anyone could have predicted. The sister is not responsible for orchestrating his diabetes care, his two kidney transplants,…

Originally published at https://carlastockton.me on March 12, 2023.

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Carla Stockton

Carla Stockton is aging as gracefully as possible in Harlem, NY