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How grief works, and a 9/11 story. Also, 7 other things worth your time.

I’m still technically on vacation and not supposed to be doing this right now, so I’ll keep this fairly short. But I wanted to share an outstanding story if you haven’t seen it.

It’s especially apropos given the disheartening news out of Afghanistan this weekend.

Jennifer Senior is a talented researcher and writer with a penchant for being inspired by the world around her. I first heard of her when she wrote a bestselling book on parenting called All Joy and No Fun, at a time when, if my math is right, she would have been the mom to a son aged maybe 5 or 6.

Right now, she has the cover story in The Atlantic, which is about the story of Bobby McIlvaine, who was 26 when he was killed in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11.