"I've had a long life and I've met a lot of people but I never knew anybody like her," Pestonji said. Shahnaz, 71, was fatally stabbed in a North York parking lot on Thursday in what police say was an unprovoked attack.
I have not picked all the best photos, nor the best videos, because I cannot bear to go through my camera roll yet. I deeply apologise to any of her friends who are finding out this way or through the press, but I cannot go through her phone. I am paralysed.
"Many grieving people feel a desire to get away for a while, whether to escape the crushing pressure of 'getting back to normal' that society often puts on grievers, the loneliness of a house without a loved one, or to help themselves feel less stuck."
We both knew there was something special between us. We spoke the language of grief, of solo parents, of young widows who'd lost their forever person to cancer.
The latest Blumhouse release centers on Ramona, played by Danielle Deadwyler, wading through grief over the death of her husband, David, while recovering from injuries sustained in the car crash that took his life.
Everyone deals with grief differently, and no doubt the intersection of a heckler's words and a city's tragic memories made Marte vulnerable to words that would have otherwise glanced off him.
At 54, the Grammy-winning DJ, music producer, and FEROSH Records label head finds herself at an unexpected high point precisely because she's come through valleys that nearly swallowed her whole.
Molly Jong-Fast's memoir, How to Lose Your Mother, chronicles her challenges during a year marked by severe personal loss and her mother's descent into dementia.