Candid conversation about grief. Beginners welcome.
How to Brush Your Teeth While Grieving in a Pandemic
By Mel Zee
I'm an ex-addict grieving my partner's sudden death. Thanks to COVID-19 isolation, all my comfort must come from within.
Things I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You About Your Funeral
By Caitlin Bitzegaio
From a TV anchor mourner to a dive bar 'post-party,' you really would've loved it.
Grief-Inspired Jewelry
By Alica Forneret and Rebecca Soffer
From lapel pins to cremains jewelry, these accessories can help honor loss with something beautiful.
Missing the Goodbye
By Affad Shaikh
For immigrant families like mine, loss can mean mourning from a great distance.
Black Lives Matter. Black Grief Matters.
By Modern Loss
Black storytelling matters, too.
That Could Have Been Us
By Marjorie Brimley and Rebecca Soffer
It can be painful to see people so obviously in love when I’m breaking inside, but it’s not other young couples that make me fall apart.
A Person Is a World
By Beth Ain
My mother’s death was followed closely by the pandemic — creating this strange and still and endless space in which everyone is grieving something.
‘Don’t Forget This Happened’
By Melanie Brooks
A COVID-era plea on World AIDS Day
How Day of the Dead Gave Me Life
By Madison Carrasco
Embracing the Mexican tradition helped me deal with my anger after my mom's death.
Everything I Didn’t Want to Know About Miscarriages*
By Chari Pere
My bold foray into documenting my loss in full color.
12 Diverse YA Books That Taught Me About Grief
By Alica Forneret
I turned to the genre for a distraction and got so much more.
Animal Husbandry for Dragons
By Kate Inglis
What if we try caring for our pain, instead of trying to control it?
On Thanksgiving, Hitting the ‘Reset’ Button
By Jennifer Dunsmore
We never had any holiday traditions, like the ones you see on TV. But in my mom's absence — and in her honor — I'm creating some.
Don’t Talk About How ‘It Gets Better’
By Suchandrika Chakrabarti
This is what I wish my friends knew when my parents died.
A Missing Gravestone in the ‘Garden of Fairies’
By Shirin Ali
We went to the cemetery to visit dad — only to find out what wasn’t there.
Grief Is a Change Agent
By Meg Tansey
This Thanksgiving, don’t normalize your grief. Turn it into a catalyst.
Why I’m Working to Send 10,000 Tablets to COVID-19 Hospital Units and Hospices
By Kristina Libby
Death rituals are an integral part of our grieving process. Here's how you can help COVID-19 hospice patients separated from their loved ones say goodbye.
‘Daddy, Daddy, Where Are You?’
By Lisa Paterson
After 9/11 my son asked for his father dozens of times a day, everyday — for nine years.
My Therapist Is No Longer a Phone Call Away
By Wendy Cowen-Smith
She counseled me through my young husband's death, through raising children, blending families, and so much more. Now she's gone.
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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