Grief and Healing at the Medicine Wheel

Photo by Ron Binette on Unsplash

Red was Donna’s color. It suited her dark hair, and when we acquired the Oldsmobile convertible from the muscle car years she always wanted, I got it painted bright red and the interior done in red velour. It had red fuzzy dice hanging from the rearview mirror and a sound system that would tenderize meat.

She wrote in a red journal, her personal telephone was red, and her favorite attire around…