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What My Birth Certificate Taught Me About Grief

Birth certificate showing Andrea Maria Perullo's birth information in Danbury, Connecticut on July 23, 1982.
June 2, 2026
Recently, I pulled out my birth certificate. Not because I needed it. Not because I was applying for anything. Not because I was planning a trip. I found myself staring at it, because my dad is gone. Since losing him, I have discovered that grief has a way of sending...