The story of my father's death from COVID-19

The response to the column on Sunday in the South Bend Tribune has been remarkable

In the days after my father’s death on Friday, September 4, the South Bend Tribune asked if I would be willing to write about it.

I was. It’s what I do. I’m a writer. Putting words together is part of how I make sense of the world. It’s both an action and a response for me.

As I wrote, I tried to show people what COVID-19 can do. I told the story of my fa…