A Flood of Grief and Relief- Remembering Stanley Segura 11/17/52 to 10/12/26
A Flood of Grief and Relief Daniel Segura 10/13/2026 It was raining hard on the Sonoran the day my family and I said goodbye to my dad. The dust storm monsoons came after long periods of heat and dryness so that the desert groaned ‘cause it had forgotten that the same rain that uprooted trees, stung our eyes and obscured our views would nourish; leading to blossoming life and new growth. We sighed before stepping out into the torrent because, while we had put off a lot for days, the little needs of the everyday still beckoned. We blinked away the rivulets running down our faces, and we sloshed through the sidewalk streams as we and the Earth realized it was okay to breathe in the moisture. And, my misty memory recalled fun times together on a pleasant, summer’s day in 1994 on a Kings Island, Ohio, log ride laughing heartily at soaked crotches and wiping off sprayed faces not yet lined by the cares of failing health or sneaking grief and before r...
