Of anniversaries and the stories that really matter

On the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, I called a man who lost his son in Baghdad for a story I was writing for CNN. Anniversaries of tragedies, he told me, were for people who did not suffer. What he meant is that every day is an anniversary for those who have lost loved ones. Not a day went by, he told me, that … Continue reading Of anniversaries and the stories that really matter