Tag: Suicide
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L. Shapley Bassen
Uncle Phil Doesn’t everyone have someone who committed suicide?In my case, it was a young uncle.Family was always ‘waiting for the other shoe to fall’which I didn’t understand early onbut it became the foundation for metaphorand the reality of Uncle Phil.Kind, gentle, shy, smart. Taught me ping pong,golf swing, and clean sparkplugs —the latter outmoded…