My late grandmother’s name is Sheilia, and I swear
I’ve never heard the name so much as I have since she
passed. It’s everywhere, more people have it than I used
to think. Hearing it is like a small blow to the stomach each
time, and I find myself wondering if these strangers sharing
her name are as great a human being as she was while
simultaneously deciding that they can’t possibly compare.
My grief sets them up for failure simply for possessing
something they didn’t choose, no more than my grandma
did.