Who Needs the Closure: Sharing My Grief in Public

Joseph Rios EdD
4 min readJun 17, 2022
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A couple of weeks ago, I got a random instant message from one of my cousins. Growing up, we were close but as adults, I haven’t talked to him since our last family reunion. And that was back in 2011. He wanted to call me on the phone to talk to me.

Thinking it was one of the many texts I’ve received from family members with bad news in the last few years, I immediately gave him…

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Joseph Rios EdD

I believe leadership is the expression of values. Career Coach | Educator | Writer | Social Justice Advocate | Trainer. leadershipandvaluesinaction.com