title: ...keeping Clarke.: One son. One day. One mom's personal journey through grief.
author:  Stephanie Benbenek 
description: "If you are grieving a death, I encourage you to do something-anything-in that person's honor. Plant a tree, hang a picture, create a new tradition or repeat cherished ones. Play their music, read their words, smile at the thought of them. Talk about them. Remember that love never dies and who they were will forever be a part of who we are." keep on keeping ... Stephanie The oldest of five children, the author grew up in Columbia, South Carolina. Currently, she and her husband Scott live in the Upstate of South Carolina. They are keeping Clarke through a food ministry-Clarke's Kitchen-at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Simpsonville, a perpetual scholarship in Clarke's memory at the Citadel in Charleston ... and planting trees ...
zlib_text: > To my beloved babies,  
  >  Beatie, Trevor, Todd, Nick, Sam, Victoria, Vanessa, Maxx, and Zara.
  
    
  
  > May your lives and homes be blessed,  
  >  May your history be something you cherish,  
  >  and may all those who come into your lives treat you  
  >  with tenderness, kindness, love and respect.  
  >  May you always be loved and blessed.
  
  I love you  
  Mom/d.s.
  
   _ **Chapter 1**_
  
   _Sarah Anderson left her office_ at nine-thirty on a Tuesday morning in June
  for her ten o'clock appointment with Stanley Perlman. She hurried out of the
  building at One Market Plaza, stepped off the curb, and hailed a cab. It
  occurred to her, as it always did, that one of these days when she met with
  him, it would really be for the last time. He always said it was. She had
  begun to expect him to live forever, despite his protests, and in spite of the
  realities of time. Her law firm had handled his affairs for more than half a
  century. She had been his estate and tax attorney for the past three years. At
  thirt