[Editor’s Note: in honor of Black History Month, AfterTalk will be devoting this month’s AfterTalk Weeklies to grieving in the African-American community] A Grief Observed From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin, the power and pain of black mourning. BY MYCHAL DENZEL SMITH June 22, 2017 Mamie Till-Mobley wrote her memoir, Death of Innocence: The Story of the […]
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Editor’s Note: “Tonight I can write the saddest lines,” although technically not necessarily about death [a point many academics might dispute], this is a powerful poem about grieving for a loved one written by one of the world’s great poets, Pablo Neruda. Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write, for example,’The night is
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Editors Note: As we pass the first “anniversary” of the January 6th riot, we want to again recognize the murder of officer Brian D. Sicknick. Here’s what we said last year and an update: “We have three pandemics sweeping the world: COVID-19, Climate Change, and Hatred. Last week [YEAR] the third of those took the
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There are several suggested New Year’s resolutions for the grieving. This one is from Hospice of the Red River Valley: I resolve to not place time limits on my grief; it will take as long as it takes. I resolve to acknowledge my grief as my own—that it is as individual as I am—and will take shape
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Editor’s note: this post was authored by Bradley University’s Online Counseling Department. It is not only content rich, but the many links are amazingly useful and reliable. When a traumatic event occurs, the first emotions we tend to experience are shock and horror. Reality itself may seem to be suspended temporarily, but once we realize
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