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Two Truths and a Lie

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My daughter's class exercise reminded me that kids carry their loss everywhere, even to school.

What My Grief Feels Like: An Illustrated Guide

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It changes your body, sometimes in ways you can see and always in ways you can't.

My Grief Made Me A Warrior

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Single and childless, I was used to doing things on my own. But the aftermath of my mother's death brought my loneliness to a whole new level.

It’s All ‘Grief Yoga’

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After my husband died, I brought a towel to exercise class to mop tears — not sweat.

In the Face of Death, We Laughed

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

My Mom’s Final Gift to My Girlfriend and Me

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She pushed me away when I came out to her at 30. Right before she died, she pulled me back in.

How a Psychic Medium Broke Through My June Gloom

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An unexpected exchange reconnected me with my vivacious friend years after her death.

Forgiveness, Father’s Day and Finding a Way Though

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I screwed up my dad's birthday a long time ago. His reaction continues to teach me lessons years after his death.

Introducing ‘The Estate Department’

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You asked, we listened. Welcome to our new column on wills, trusts, and so much more.

My Father’s Death Reminded Me I Married a Good Man

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My dad, on the other hand, was a cherished friend and a terrible husband.

The Journey Cake

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The memory of a pastry my husband and I carried from Italy to L.A. carries me through my grief over his death.

My Ectopic Pregnancy Nearly Killed Me

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I’d dreamed of having a baby since my mother died. Then my body betrayed me.

As a Gay Southern Christian, Rachel Held Evans Was My Lifeline

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The Church has never understood my existence. But Rachel did, and my grief over her death runs deep.

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.

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I Watched ‘The Avengers: Endgame’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ in the Same Week

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It was both masochism and meaningful, in the throes of grief over my mother's death.

‘My Death Stories Are My Birth Stories’

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That precious, precarious, otherworldly state of giving birth reminded me of something else: grief.

The Motherless Mother I’ve Become

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Life with loss has a new dimension that informs the joy — complicating it and sweetening it, too.

My Complex Organ Donation Decision

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I declined to donate my daughter's organs before her death. But I can't help imagining saying yes to an act powerful enough to save another mother’s child.

When Twinning is Losing

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With my aunt's death earlier this year, I lost a loving and uncanny living link to my dead mother - her identical twin.

Dani Shapiro Modern Loss

‘Take Ownership of What You’ve Discovered’

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Writer Dani Shapiro opens up about secrets, healing through exploring, and the thrill of of the word “million.”

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