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.
Why I’m Eating French Fries on Mother’s Day by Camille Brown My mom loved fresh vegetables, until she became too sick to eat them. Towards the end, all she — and I — could stomach was french fries.
Where The Eff Are My Friends? by Meg Tansey After a mother's death, a woman's inbox gets the cold shoulder from some valued pals. Our advice guru weighs in.