My Loss

Cleanup in the Produce Aisle

By Deborah Greene

I was in Whole Foods when learned of my father's suicide. Going grocery shopping has never been the same.

Beyond Coincidence

By Sally Abrams

15 years after my father died suddenly, had he finally come to say goodbye?

Loss Squared In the City of Love

By Rachel Ricketts

After my mother's death, I departed for Paris with her ashes -- the same week of the tragic terror attacks.

A Father’s Day Sale for the Recently Deceased Dad

By Alison Zeidman

I keep getting emails from Bed Bath & Beyond reminding me that “It’s Not Too Late To Find the Perfect Father’s Day Gift!” But in this case, it kind of is.

Why I’m Jealous of Grieving People

By Nicole Ferraro

Dad died when I was 6, and life went on seemingly undeterred. All these years later, I find myself envious of those who have the chance to mourn.

Going Home

By Alyssa Limperis

After my dad's death, now it just feels like a house.

Love, Dad

By Laura Coward

On my 8th fatherless Father's Day, my dad found a way to send me a handwritten message from the grave.

Had I Sealed My Father’s Fate?

By Michelle Adelman

I'm a novelist and killed off the father character early in my first book. When my dad died unexpectedly soon after, I was wracked with guilt.

Was My Dead Ex Talking to Me From Inside the TV?

By Molly Tolsky

Was my dead ex talking to me from inside the TV?

Wishing My High School Classmate Had Made It to College

By Kaustubh Deo

I didn't actually share some deep emotional bond with my high school classmate that warranted being so broken up about her suicide. But I was anyway.

Life’s Too Short to Wear Beige

By Heidi Blum

I was a closeted gay woman surrounded by white-hued walls and yearning for my own colorful world. My sister's death changed everything.

Yes, You Should Binge-Watch Netflix Alone on Mother’s Day

By Nora McInerny

Cut yourself a break on Mother's Day — with or without a dead partner.

I Hate That Mother’s Day Rips Me Apart with Sadness and Guilt

By Nicole Belanger

I know it's cliché, but the holiday still knocks me off my axis.

My Ectopic Pregnancy Nearly Killed Me

By Jessica Barraco

I’d dreamed of having a baby since my mother died. Then my body betrayed me.

How To Bury a War

By Merissa Nathan Gerson

It begins at a New Jersey diner, and ends as the last Holocaust survivor in our family was lowered into the ground.

The Best Things in My Life Came From My Brother’s Death

By Natasha Noman

The best things in my life really did come out of my brother's death.

Grief Landscapes

By Mindy Stricke

As an artist, it's an intimate and risky exchange to make something based on someone else’s grief. But I’d rather attempt to connect and engage than to turn away.