death Archives - Devi Abraham

anniversaries and new beginnings

May 20, 2020February 10, 2015 by Devi Abraham

It was Tuesday, February 10, 2009, and I walked into the living room of a stranger in an apartment in Geneva and sat across the room from a tall German man. It was my sixth day in Geneva, I had no idea why I was there, I had no idea why I was in … Read more anniversaries and new beginnings

a tribute to my grandmother

May 20, 2020April 24, 2014 by Devi Abraham

My grandmother passed away on Tuesday. She would have been 96 in December. This is an essay I wrote about her when I was living with her and some other family in Sri Lanka in 2009. Growing up all over the world didn’t make for a lot of regular time with our grandmothers, so the … Read more a tribute to my grandmother