I don’t remember much from October 8, 2021, the day I buried both of my beloved parents (they died suddenly within 48 hours of each other, otherwise healthy and in love after six decades of marriage), but as I watched the people I loved most in this world disappear into the ground forever, the wave of gratitude that washed over me nearly knocked me off my feet. In the relentless Miami sun in that cacophonous cemetery, as my siblings, my partner, aunts, uncles, cousins and many of my dear, beautiful friends somberly looked on, my mind jumped to the happiest…
