Mourning Noon and Night

The Soundtrack of Loss

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Our Mourning, Noon & Night columnist explores music’s evolving role in our grief journeys. Plus a Spotify playlist of the songs that have carried us through our darkest days.

Disrupting the Funeral: 7 Innovations You Should Know About 

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From cremains pressed into vinyl records to photo-wrapped coffins, our columnist finds 7 suprisingly cool products no one wants to search for.

5 Inspiring Tribute Tattoos

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From words conjured in a dream to ashes mixed into ink, our columnist presents her annual feature on these forever memorials.

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.

When Your Loved One’s Last Wish Was ‘No Funeral’

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Our columnist offers 7 alternatives for memorializing the dead.

Small-Screen Grief: 10 TV Shows That Got It Right

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Our Mourning, Noon and Night columnist glued herself to the TV in search of realistic portrayals of loss. Here are some ones that got it right.

Beyond Surface Treatments: 6 Trite-Free Tribute Tattoos

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Our "Mourning, Noon & Night" columnist is back with more examples of memorial ink that avoid stale grief motifs.

Death Becomes Us: It’s Time to Reinvent Mourning Attire

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A museum exhibit and a feature film provided a challenge to our columnist — and to the unorthodox focus group she convened: How to modernize grief garb.

The Things We Do for Grief: Marathons, Memoirs & More

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Our Mourning, Noon & Night columnist introduces us to 6 people who channeled their grief to achieve the extraordinary.

Game-Planning Your Grief: 5 Tips for Returning to Work

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The funeral’s over and you’re expected back in the office. Our Mourning, Noon & Night columnist offers suggestions for avoiding the awkwardness.

The 9 Things No One Tells You About Scattering Ashes

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Nine things no one tells you about scattering ashes.

5 Ideas for Facing Deathiversaries

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As our Mourning, Noon & Night columnist marks five years since her husband's death, here are her tips for getting through those 'deathiversaries.'

6 Cliché-Free Memorial Tattoos

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Forget "R.I.P." Our Mourning, Noon & Night columnist takes on a new brand of tribute tattoos.

5 Grief Goals for 2014

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A young widow vows to make new mistakes this year, and to give guilt the boot.

Grieving and Purging

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A will usually dictates the fate of homes, cars and jewelry. But what should you do with your loved one's lip balm, bicycle or hoodies?

Finding Our Tribe

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In her "Mourning, Noon and Night" column, the author explains why she left propriety curbside in favor of more unconventional ways to mourn.