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My dead fiancé loved Anthony Bourdain. When I heard the beloved chef and TV personality had died, I imagined the two of them, finally, breaking bread.

Survivor Gilt

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In an excerpt from the Modern Loss book, stylist Stacy London tells us how to repurpose and reinterpret the fashion and furniture your loved ones left behind.

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  • Sewing - Modern Loss The Sewing Blogs Were My Salvation by Susanne Grabowski After my baby died, I didn’t know what to do with my hands. But then I found the sewing blogs.
  • Losing Sal by Lisa Kenner Grissom Losing a pet is a peculiar experience. Animal lovers get it, but others don't. They ask when you're getting a new one. Like you’re replacing a broken toy.
  • 7 Tips for Speaking with a Bereaved Mother by Monica Wesolowska How do you support someone going through the unimaginable? To begin with, don't say you can't imagine what they're going through.
  • Mayday on a May Day by Kaili Joy Gray Approaching the fourth anniversary of my husband’s death, my one constant was not knowing exactly how I’d get through it.
  • Mom’s Memory Was My ‘Something Blue’ by Marisa Renee Lee How I incorporated my late mother into my wedding celebration. Plus, great tips for memorializing a loved one at your nuptials.    
  • Mourning the Father I Never Knew by Cara Paiuk My dad is dead. But when a friend loses a parent, I can’t honestly say that I understand what he’s going through. Here's why.
  • Object Amnesia by Christina Lewis Halpern We always had too many of my late father’s iconic dress shirts — until the Smithsonian wanted one, and we realized we had none.
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