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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'

10 Safe Movies to Watch During the Pandemic — Featuring the Stars of ‘Contagion’ and ‘Outbreak’

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Desperate for films that steer clear of triggering plot lines? A seasoned movie critic offers picks that provide guaranteed calm during a scary time.

4 Steps to Writing Fiction About Loss

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Want to create grieving characters and storylines for your essay or novel? Here's my process.

GRIEF BACON: That Time I Smelled Like Booze and Old Cake

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After my husband's sudden death, I ate, drank and sobbed my way through entirely unstable territory.

His Beautiful Death

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As my love lay dying beside me, I transformed our cold hospital room into a sacred space.

What If We Treated Death Like Birth?

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We would play shower games like 'I will remember you every time I …' We would prepare a death 'nursery.' There'd be a great playlist.

Processing My Friend’s Death in the Sound Studio

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My podcast helped me work through who I am - and who I want to be - when I was questioning everything.

Dressing the Dead

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My mother-in-law and I were not close, but when she died I was tasked with this surprisingly intimate choice.

Triggered by a Celebrity’s Death? Here are 7 Ways to Care for Yourself and Others

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Public figures are deeply connected to our own lives and grieving their loss can be complicated. Here's a basic roadmap.

How My Dying Mom and I Learned to Meditate

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Ironically, a practice we'd always joked about brought us even closer together.

My Therapist Is No Longer a Phone Call Away

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She counseled me through my young husband's death, through raising children, blending families, and so much more. Now she's gone.

Losing My ‘Naming Rights’

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A cousin named her daughter after my mom before I could.

‘At Least You’re Not Having Twins’

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As a mother of twins, responses to my latest pregnancy announcement are all over the map. But amid a private loss, one remark cuts to the bone.

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.

The Hungry Mourner

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From funeral biscuits to cemetery picnics to parsley crowns, here's how the world marks death with food.

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.

2020: The Year Mom Didn’t Live To See

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We made it past Thanksgiving and Christmas. Now comes everything after.

The Neverending Battle of Fall and Winter

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Charlotte, my daughter, was murdered at Sandy Hook. Here is how I cope during 'anniversary season.'

I’m Done Hanging Stockings for Dead People

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For the past 7 years, holiday decorations reminded me only of who was missing. This year, I said ‘enough.’

Tips For Getting Through the Holidays When You’re Totally Sad

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Maybe someday the season won’t feel like someone is taking a melon baller to my heart, but for now getting through it is about knowing what to avoid and what to embrace.

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