Tag: Grief and Healing

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Café con José: When the News Hurts, the Community Heals

This week, Reading felt smaller.
Not because the city changed, but because the grief was shared. A tragic explosion that could’ve been prevented. A shooting that shook another block. And the death of a merengue legend remembered with candles, flags, and music. In the middle of it all, our community kept showing up—with memory, with presence, with love.

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Café con José: The Call That Changed Everything

Five years ago, a phone call changed everything. In the middle of a normal workday during the pandemic, I lost my father—and began a journey through grief, memory, and legacy. This week’s Café con José is about what we leave unfinished… and the stories we carry forward.