#turtle under ice

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My grief makes people uncomfortable. It reminds even adults that we’re all going to die. That bad things really do happen to good people.

Juleah del Rosario, Turtle under Ice

[illustration-alcove]

Adams Carvalho’s illustrated cover for Juleah del Rosario’s Turtle Under Ice.

[razreads]

[it] implied something is wrong with her. Like as a person. Like her feelings were something other than human emotion.

Juleah del Rosario, Turtle Under Ice

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There was no right time for my mother to die, because when someone we love dies, it will always be untimely.

Juleah del Rosario, Turtle under Ice

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That as kids we could be heroes in our own stories. That we could never be defeated by anything until our world stopped being imaginary, and the giant fought back, and the monsters came out to eat us.

Juleah del Rosario, Turtle under Ice

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In the aftermath of death, those of us who survive have little preparation for what we’re actually supposed to do with our lives from that point forward.

Juleah del Rosario, Turtle under Ice

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Because, like snowstorms and earthquakes and death, your future will happen regardless of whether you planned for it.

Juleah del Rosario, Turtle under Ice

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I didn’t just wake up at four a.m. and decide to suddenly change my life. No one does that. No one decides to change their life. Their life instead changes for them. Without warning. Without a chance to decide.

Juleah del Rosario, Turtle under Ice