I just read this touching and honest essay on Vela and thought I'd share. I've noticed a grief theme running through Fn lately (or maybe I see it because of my own issues) and I've been dealing with several deaths of loved ones in the past 3 years myself. This piece hit home for me in so many ways.
A great book on grief and mourning is Roland Barthes' Mourning Diary, about the death of his mother.