Claudia works as an usher at Davies. She is from Italy so her name is pronounced cla-OO-dee-a. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I try to get to know the ushers a little bit. We work together in the front of the house. When there are problems, it helps for us to know one another. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Claudia has always been friendly enough although somewhat reserved. She’s there to do a job not prattle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last week, however, I saw her and she had a stony expression on her face. The phrase ‘thousand yard stare’ came to my mind. I don’t know her well enough to have asked directly if something was wrong so I went to the head usher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He told me Claudia’s son had just died. OMFG. He was in his thirties, living in Italy and had a heart attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The house wasn’t open yet, so I was able to go to Claudia and talk to her for a minute or two. In my clumsy attempt to console her, I said that I had lost my son three years ago. She said she knew about Zach. She told me she had brought her son’s ashes back to the US with her. We swapped a couple of stories about spreading ashes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I felt better for having gone to her. We are work colleagues but humans too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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