[Editor's Note: Suzi first wrote this column in early 2022 for a statewide publication after the death of her boyfriend. Sometimes you have to take a break from the dark rabbit holes of corruption filled with unanswered questions and just enjoy what life offers you daily as simple gifts.]
“How are you?”
So cliché, my friend said, after my boyfriend died.
Cliché? Not at all. That may be the most important question you can ask someone. That’s what Michael would have said.