Rich: It hurt not to be remembered

Over the next few days and nights after the disturbing discovery, my main question was, “Why does it even matter to me?”

I didn’t lose sleep over it—it’s almost impossible to lose sleep with as little as I get. Still, it was not one of the myriad things that tumbled through my brain in the night’s darkness. But when it did cross my mind in the day’s brightness, a twinge of sadness pricked my heart …