Erika Kirk: What I’ve learned about grief

It is there, always, but so is the beautiful gift of life.

(Loren Elliott | The New York Times) Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk and the new CEO of Turning Point USA, onstage during the memorial for her late husband at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025.

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Erika Kirk: What I’ve learned about grief

It is there, always, but so is the beautiful gift of life.

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