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How Reality TV Helped Me During the Grieving Process
When my dad died, we didn’t technically sit shiva. Instead, we sat on the couch watching Dancing with The Stars Juniors in an indecisive silence for four to five days. My mom, brother and my aunt. It felt like forever. I remember turning it on so we didn’t have to think about it. Drowning out our profound and palpable grief with the exploitation of child actors, Stevie Wonder’s son and Sarah Palin’s grandkid.