humor

Scenes from a Dead Mom Graphic Memoir

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From cliché grief remedies that actually work to 'reaction bingo,' our favorite cartoons from 'Dancing at the Pity Party'

In the Face of Death, We Laughed

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As AIDS ravaged my friend's body, levity carried us through the end.

How Can You Be Happy at a Time Like This?

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What it's like to have your mother die the week Trump was elected.

Important Guidelines for Large Adult Orphans

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On the one hand, you must become both parent and child; on the other, you may request to to be flown to Rome for a pasta dinner.

Springing Into Grief

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How to appreciate those gerberas when someone you love may actually be pushing them up

A Day in the Life of My Grief — Illustrated

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In which I wonder, 'How can all 19 Duggars be alive and I lost my only sister?'

My Grief is F*cking Funny

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Why I never pass up a chance to laugh my ass off. Especially when I'm grieving.

Bereavement Group Dropout

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Around a table full of widow-baked cookies, I absorbed the most profound of all death clichés, and I was done.

My BFF Makes ‘Your Mom’ Jokes About My Dead Mom — and I Love Her for It

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And I love her for it.

11 People You Meet in Hell

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Minimizers, vultures, happy morons, competitors at the Sad Olympics and other people you’re bound to encounter on your grief journey.

Improv in Grief

6 Ways to Use Improv Comedy While Grieving

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You can find a joke in any situation. (And there's a lot more to it than 'Yes, and.')

Dad’s Dead. LOL?

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I used to joke that I wanted to die before my dad. The order didn't work out -- but I found I could still laugh.

Executive Producing Your Own Goodbye

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My father-in-law was a planner his entire life. The end was no exception.

Will I Still Be Funny?

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My family thrived on potty humor, but after my dad died I wondered if we'd ever again laugh with abandon.