The Supreme Court ruled in favor of same sex marriage on what would have been my 28th anniversary with my partner. Though we were never able to marry, I consider myself a widower.

Love, Dad

by Laura Coward

On my 8th fatherless Father's Day, my dad found a way to send me a handwritten message from the grave.

Bereavement Group Dropout

by Teresa Strasser

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

Everyone's Favorite Grief Doula

by Nishta J. Mehra

The first of my friends to lose a parent, I stand at the ready welcoming others into the club no one wants to join.

Writing a Book With My Mom Kept Her Memory Alive

by Marisa Bardach Ramel

Now it's time to say goodbye (again).

‘My Death Stories Are My Birth Stories’

by Emily Ziff Griffin

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

To Be a Motherless Mother on Mother's Day

by Sarah Rasheed

Five years after my mom’s sudden death, the birth of my son returned to me something I had been missing.