Nancy Comiskey

Ten years have passed since I last brushed Kate’s hair from her cheek. I’m not the same person I was then, and I know now I never will be. But I do the best I can with the life I have now.

From Glenda Ritz to grief, Larry Legend to largesse left to an Indiana city, here are this year’s top feature-length stories and cover subjects.

One year after the tragic death of her daughter, Nancy Comiskey reflects on Kate and their lives together.

This was his 10th conviction. We left the justice center believing we could close the door on the criminal case. But a few years later, he walked out of prison a free man and moved 18 miles from our Brown County home. And he got a driver’s license.

With brutal, naked honesty, Nancy Comiskey opens a window into what grieving for one’s child is like: the yearning, the desperate need to keep the memory alive, the slow healing.