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Wendy Davis’ Filibuster, My Life by Nicole Stewart February 6, 2014 I was happily married and more than 20-weeks pregnant with a baby I wanted more than anything. So why was I sitting in a Dallas abortion clinic?
Meet My ‘Dead Mom Friends’ by Andrea I. Stagg September 10, 2018 I’ve found kinship (but no judgment or pity) among my friends — and even acquaintances — who have also experienced a loss of a parent.
The Future, Without Me by Magnolia Ripkin June 23, 2015 I am a happily married mother of two young children and I have terminal lung cancer. These days, I’m consumed with curiosity — and worry — about what my husband’s and children’s lives will look like after I’m gone.
The Un-Telling by Noa Silver August 7, 2018 I shared our pregnancy news early — asserting that I wanted my community with me in joy, but also in potential sorrow. Now that I had miscarried, there were so many calls to make.
Help! My Sister Keeps Posting Photos of Our Dead Father (and Tagging Me) on Social by Meg Tansey July 20, 2017 Our advice columnist on what to do when your sibling keeps posting pics of your dead dad and tagging you on Facebook. #sigh
Hillary Clinton’s Condolence Note to a Newly Bereaved Mother by Modern Loss August 11, 2016 But this one is a condolence note to a mother whose baby died at four days old.
‘Call It Grief and Then See if it Changes How You View it’ by Nishta J. Mehra July 8, 2020 Grief can have a clarifying effect, a way of lasering away the mundane. Here's how you can apply some lessons from loss to this year's surreal new world.