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Putting the Satan Back in Christmas by Carole Newton McManus The holiday season may bring up all kinds of memories when you’re grieving. But what if your loved one was more Scrooge than Santa?
‘Call It Grief and Then See if it Changes How You View it’ by Nishta J. Mehra Grief can have a clarifying effect, a way of lasering away the mundane. Here's how you can apply some lessons from loss to this year's surreal new world.
How I’m Creating the Grief Vocabulary My Language Doesn’t Have by Babet te Winkel The Dutch wish each other strength to move through tough times. But in loss, we need different words of support.
Dad-Die Issues by Yassir Lester Death brings up so many feelings and conversations. Plans to be made. Legacies to cement. I had none of that.
Meet Patricia, Aunt Esther’s Amazon Alter Ego by Joey Chernila It was only after my aunt's death that I really got to know her -- through hundreds of Amazon.com product reviews.
Are You My Papi? by Mathew Rodriguez As a young man, I lost my father to AIDS-related illness. Now I search for echoes of him in the men I choose to love.
My Instagram Therapy by Domenique Osborne With @textsforjohn, I can still walk through the world looking for things to share with my brother — even though he’s no longer here.

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