mourn

Kennedy was shot as his motorcade drove through Dallas, Texas, on 22 November 1963 and his death threw his country into a period of mourning.

Room by room, he mourned objects that were now beyond repair, and celebrated those that somehow had remained intact.

Wrapping his wife in a blanket as she mourned the loss of her pregnancy at 11 weeks, Hope Ngumezi wondered why no obstetrician was coming to see her.

That means there is not exactly an anniversary, but more a long weekend of mourning.

I haven’t touched a drop for nearly a year and feel much better for it - but I still mourn it in a way I can’t quite put my finger on.