Chapter 34 Thirty-four

Ellie is 6 years old.She came back from school on her birthday with a low hat slanted on her head, holding some drawings her friends had made of her, and telling a few bad stories about being spanked at recess.The flu season was over, and Louis and the others had to send two seriously ill students to the state medical emergency, and Hardu might have saved the life of a new student named Peter, who had had seizures not long after he started school.Rachel was obsessed with a blond player on the Brewers' team and told Louis at night that the player's jeans were always tight. "Maybe some toilet paper stuffed in," Louis said. "Give him a chance, and if he screams, it's probably not toilet paper stuffed." Rachel laughed until she burst into tears.

A sad, silent, always sub-zero February passed, and March was rainy and slightly frozen.Chad's grief has also gradually subsided.Psychologists say that recently bereaved people begin to grieve within three days of the death and continue for four to six weeks, which is what most people do.But over time, human feelings can become another emotion, as colorful as a rainbow.Intense grief will gradually lessen and become a kind of tender heartache; the feeling of tender heartache will evolve into mourning, and mourning will finally become memories... This process may last for half a year to three years, but it is considered normal.When Gage got his first haircut of the year, Louis saw his son's hair growing darker and darker, so he made a joke with him.After that day passed, Louis felt sad again, just sad inside.

Spring is here, and it will last for a while.