Valentine’s Day

I Met My Fiancé in a Modern Loss Support Group

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When I logged onto Zoom to lead a session on friendship, my true love was waiting in the grid.

A Surviving Partner’s Guide to Surviving a Pandemic Hallmark Holiday

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5 ways to give yourself what you deserve on Valentine’s Day — and every day — when you’re missing a dead partner.

‘Querida Amor’

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My father was scary to me except on Valentine’s Day. When he died, those treacly annual expressions of fatherly love went with him.

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My Guide to Finding Love After Loss

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A totally conventional and easily followed roadmap to emotional transition, by the widower of "The Bright Hour" author.

The Widow's Yoga Tribe_Modern Loss

A Widow and her Galentines

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After my husband died, I stumbled about looking for my tribe. Counterintuitive to my nature, I found it in yoga class.

A Day for Lovers, Without Mine

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On my first Valentine’s Day without Evelyn, I spent hours paging through old photographs. Those pictures speak to our love and her resolve, but they don’t tell the whole story.

Death, Valentines and the YA Section

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When my best friend died, I was through with Valentine's Day (aka her birthday). I found solace in the library, surrounded by teen angst.