The Subtle Ways We Keep Our Loved Ones Alive During the Holidays, Long After They’re Gone.

Matthew Villemaire
5 min readDec 13, 2020

So I’m currently self-isolating in my hometown, having just moved back about a week ago, after losing two jobs and an apartment in an epic tale of fuckery I don’t have the energy to even begin unpacking. 2020… need I say more?

Photo by Sapan Patel on Unsplash

Instead, I want to focus this piece on the beauty I found in a simple story my mother…

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Matthew Villemaire

33, Toronto-Canada, LGBTQ+, Actor, Singer, Writer, Lover! ❤