Music always played a special role in our lives. It was a source of communication between Alexander and me. When he couldn’t say the words, he could hum the tunes and hit the notes. Music symbolized a language we shared.

After he died, music took on a different meaning (doesn’t everything now?), and so I curated a playlist— griefy tunes. 19 songs that resonate with my grief on some level. The feelings of infinite love and the profound ache of missing him.