[We found this excellent article by Kate Branch in October’s Vogue Magazine. Here are the opening paragraphs followed by a link to the entire article.] How I Learned to Grieve the Loss of My Dad in the Age of Instagram by KATE BRANCH At 1:52 p.m. on Sunday, February 5, 2017, time and space ceased to […]
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Grief Poem 124 Dayenu: It Would Have Been Enough by R.L. Nona 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
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A few weeks ago we published a Ask Dr. Neimeyer Q&A about a son’s suicide. It provoked many comments. As this week’s Inspirational, we want to share one of them with you. The Q&A can be found at this link: A MOTHER’S QUESTION Here is the comment by Bernice Singh: Not Enough!!!!! This is the
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[Editor: This was a comment on an Ask Dr. Neimeyer post answering a question from a mother, Nancy, whose son committed suicide. We thought Lisa’s comment was worthy of its own posting, so here it is.] Hi Nancy, I understand and completely empathize with your pain, bewilderment and grief, as I lost my 27-year-old husband
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Last week we were dismayed by the latest statistics on suicide in America. AfterTalk will be addressing this in coming weeks in this column, but first, we want to address those of you who have had a recent and close loss. In times of despair and hopelessness, it is not unnatural to think about suicide
