No End of Humanity

December 20, 2007

Luke Bryant was 10 when his father died of cancer. He wanted “to carry on as normal”, and so, three days later, he went back to school. He told only his two closest friends about his loss, but when the hospice that had cared for his father invited him to come and meet other bereaved children of his age, he accepted. There, during the summer holidays, he made a mask with the happy face he wanted to show the world on the outside, and the words “tears”, “sad” and “angry” on the inside. It was, he said, “easier just to put it on paper”. (Times Online)