Lisa and I created Aftertalk around one fundamental belief; that writing to a deceased loved one can help you cope with grief. Our belief in this is rooted in personal experience; Lisa came to it after the death of her father; I discovered therapeutic writing to a deceased loved one quite by accident when my wife of […]
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Father’s Day is coming, and we want to share one of the great musical tributes to fatherhood ever written, Dan Fogelberg’s Leader of the Band. There are two versions below. The first is a live performance of the song with an introduction by Fogelberg from an interview. The second is a version with the lyrics.
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EDITORS NOTE: DURING THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEK, WE ARE RE-POSTING THIS IN HONOR OF ALL THOSE WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THIS NATION. One of the saddest family stories of WWII was the death of the five Sullivan brothers from the USS Juneau in 1942. Below is a their story in brief, and President
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Grief Poem 124 Dayenu: It Would Have Been Enough by L.R. Lynn If we had been given one more year to watch the sun set on the far mountains, float on our backs in salt ponds shaded by ancient willows that protest the weight of their leaves, and hold each other close as the seasons
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EDITOR’S PREFACE It’s been a rough couple of weeks for me. I lost I close friend I’ve known since 1966, my former psychologist (cancer), and my beloved dog Penny who has been by my side for over 14 years. I loved her so much I cannot write these words without crying. She died peacefully through
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