I love every little thing about this. It's so heartbreaking and emotional, but you know that. You also know that it's beautiful, but I feel like I should say it too, because it is.
I'm so glad this is back. This is honestly so beautiful, and I actually brought it into in my creative writing class as one of my favorite pieces (credit to you, of course).
Like what Aquaria said, I remembered reading and recommending this. This is such a beautiful piece of work! I have mixed feelings of sadness and it actually sends shivers down my spine when reading this.
I remember reading this before you took it off the site. Reading it again was just as touching and beautiful as the first time. The way you detail things continues to astound me.
I particularly liked this line:
They have new packaging that you wouldn’t recognise. They started new promotions, after you died.
It seems like such a simple, insignificant sentence, but it really shows how much things have changed in the time that they have been gone. It represents everything that is different or new.
It was so short, but you said everything that needed to be said in those few words. This piece is absolutely perfect.
Congrats on becoming a lawyer.