Everyone needs a place where they feel comfortable crying. At 27, I found a place a bit unexpected: a grocery store owned by a 94-year-old Greek man.
Jan. 6, 2023, 3:42 PM UTC
I panicked. I knew no one. Who would be available to interrupt their day to stand in a random basement for someone they didn't even know? Over the next several months, Kiryakos came to my rescue many times — when I didn’t have enough cash to pay for a grocery item or when I simply needed to see a friendly face during my morning runs. He met Sam, my parents, aunt and cousins, and he told me about his kids and grandkids. Kiryakos beamed every time he pointed to a picture of his grandson, who graduated from Harvard, taped on the wall behind the register.
When the pandemic hit, Sam and I left our apartment to stay with our families for a while. When we returned months later, I was eager to visit Kiryakos. Fast-forward to August 2022: I had just gotten back from a trip to Greece with my mom, and I was bursting at the seams to tell Kiryakos all about it, as well as practice my newfound Greek-speaking skills. Sam and I had since moved out of the neighborhood, but I went back to visit him periodically.
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