The Last Good Funeral of the Year

In "The Last Good Funeral of the Year," Ed O’Loughlin reflects on a pivotal year marked by love, loss, and self-discovery, prompted by the sudden death of a friend and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a candid and poignant narrative, he explores his early life, career as a foreign correspondent, and personal experiences with grief and aging. Moving between past and present, the story offers an honest and thought-provoking meditation on memory, mortality, and the meaning of life.