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The Good Work of Providing Good Food for Solace
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Some delicious and nourishing ways to lift the burden of cooking from a grieving person's shoulders.

ASK MODERN LOSS: Do My Kids Need a New Male Role Model?
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A single mom by choice asks our advice columnist what to do now that her brother and father are gone.

How Long Should Grief Last?
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Some thoughts in response to the DSM-V's newest disorder.

A Sacred, Unlikely Friendship, Maintained Through Terrifying Times
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At 87, my friend Ned narrowly escaped Covid-19's invasion of his nursing home. Here's what it made me realize.

When Your Pet is Your Lifeline
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My HIV condition progressed to full-blown AIDS, along with anxiety and depression. Adopting my dog forced me to focus on living.

A Widowed Mother’s Day à la COVID-19
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In the midst of a global pandemic, this day might actually feel a bit more aligned with what I want it to be.

I Am a ‘Tragedy Trust Funder’
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A modest surprise inheritance from my late husband allows me to raise my two young kids without having to go to work. So why do I feel so guilty about it?

10 Lessons I Learned from My Friend’s 9/11 Death
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My best friend vanished without a trace that day. But the mark she made on my life has been indelible.

Missing the Goodbye
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For immigrant families like mine, loss can mean mourning from a great distance.

It’s Katie Fisher Day!
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Starting a cookie-baking social media memorial holiday would have been a strange move for anyone, but perhaps stranger for me than most.

‘Daddy, Daddy, Where Are You?’
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After 9/11 my son asked for his father dozens of times a day, everyday — for nine years.

6 Grief Books That Actually Helped
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After my husband died, people gave me a lot of books about loss. Most didn’t speak to me. These did.

Tears and Tequila in Tinseltown
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A novel imagines a safe haven for young widows and widowers in the City of Angels.

Happy Birthday, Modern Loss!
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Modern Loss' co-founders look back on the site's first year — and share their goals for Year Two.

Up in the Andes, a Wish Come True
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Thirteen years after my parents died in a plane crash, 4,000 miles from home, and alongside other 'motherless daughters,' I finally began to heal.

Loss as Muse: A Q&A With Megan Devine
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With her 'Writing Your Grief' course, Megan Devine helps students turn sad stories into powerful prose.

Remembering Parents Lost to AIDS
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Hundreds of thousands have died of AIDS in this country. Now, two women are building a community of those who lost parents to the disease.