My Loss

My Two Dads

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When a motorcycle accident turned my father into a man we — and he — no longer recognized, I contemplated helping him die.

Mourning Option A

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Thirty days after her husband's sudden death, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg shares a transparent portrait of grief -- and her determination to make the best of what's next.

Hard Time

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Uncle Billy, the father figure in my life, came back from prison broken and distant. And before long, he was dead — leaving me to wrestle with his complicated legacy.

Holding on to Culture and Tradition During Mourning

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From talking to the deceased to 'tomb sweeping,' here's how mourners have found meaning in their religious and cultural rituals.

Star Wars Episode Infinity: The Force of Grief

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The 'Machete Order' suggests watching the original episodes with flashback scenes from the prequels inserted throughout. Sounds a lot like my personal loss narrative.

The Breakup

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Just over a year after my mom died, my boyfriend of three years walked out — carrying his deodorant and phone charger. And then, I was grieving all over again.

Et Tu, Betty?

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The Modern Loss TV club, a.k.a. Rebecca and Gabi, dissects the big 'Mad Men' news, and looks ahead to the series finale.

What I Thought About When I Heard About Sheryl Sandberg’s Loss

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The Facebook exec befriended me four years ago. Her husband's sudden death had me considering my friend's broken heart — and my own damaged one.

How I’m Making Mother’s Day My Bitch

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I've spent years wallowing on this Hallmark holiday, missing my dead mom. This time, though, I'm making it my own.

Mother’s Day, Millennial Style

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How Tootsie Rolls and apple cider helped bring my haphazard support system together on the first Mother's Day after my mom's death.

7 Tips for Speaking with a Bereaved Mother

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How do you support someone going through the unimaginable? To begin with, don't say you can't imagine what they're going through.

Why I’m Eating French Fries on Mother’s Day

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My mom loved fresh vegetables, until she became too sick to eat them. Towards the end, all she — and I — could stomach was french fries.

Inside the Recipe Box

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My late mom's handwritten, ingredient-stained recipe cards are among my most cherished possessions. Here's why.

I Have ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ Death Fatigue

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A series that started out being about relationships became a primetime soap opera in which each onscreen death is more over the top than the last.

25 Things I Learned from My Dad

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Life lessons, in chronological order, from a recently deceased parent.

My Stillbirth Experience Changed the Way I (Don’t) Plan

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The daughter I had so many plans for was stillborn. Now I have a healthy baby, but I don't let myself imagine the future.

Sharing My Boyfriend’s Songs After His Suicide

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I'm still making sense of things after my boyfriend ended his life. But one thing is clear: The need to share the music he never got to play for the world.

When Your New Home Has a Sad History

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When you buy a home, you want to imagine yourself living there — not the former owner dying there.

After Phil, A Sharper View

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Philip Seymour Hoffman was my longtime producing partner. After his death, I embraced an open state of mind that's led me to places I'd been wanting to go for years.

My Wife and I Had a Twinless Twin

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Welcoming our healthy daughter meant grieving her identical sister.

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