“All Who I Would Like to Share My Excitement Are Dead”
All Who I Would Like to Share My Excitement Are Dead: A Reflection on Legacy, Loss, and the Work We Do Alone Last night, I watched Wolf & Hall, Season 1, Episode 5. A quiet line from Thomas Cromwell stopped me in my tracks. He said, “All whom I would like to share my excitement are dead.” My great aunt Ala, who—with her sister MAC—raised my orphaned grandmother. Their love became the roots of my legacy. It wasn’t delivered with drama or fanfare. Just quietly, truthfully—like a sigh you didn’t know was in your chest until