The morning after my mom died, I made coffee. Same mug, same routine, and same kitchen. I remember standing there waiting for ...
The word grief has come to be understood solely as a reaction to a death. But that narrow understanding fails to encompass the range of human experiences that create and trigger grief. Here are four ...
For most people, the intense ache that follows the death of a loved one eventually softens, and daily life resumes. But for ...
When someone you love is slowly fading away, mourning takes on new meaning.
Grief follows no rules, and there are times we find ourselves grieving someone who is still alive. Death is not the only kind of loss we experience, after all. People are lost to us in many other ways ...
1 in 20 people suffer 'prolonged grief disorder' after a bereavement—during which the loss remains raw, consuming and unrelenting.
Grief, in short, is the natural reaction to loss. It can be caused by all kinds of losses — the death of a loved one, a pet, losing one's job, divorce, or many kinds of life changes. It's something ...
As I watch my son grieve the loss of another close friend only a month and a half after losing the first, it reminds me that we are in a time where parents have to prepare to discuss conversations of ...