Dear Larry, Sorry it took so long to write this, but I think finally realized the true point of AfterTalk. I can’t quite describe it, but writing this post brought me to a place I had always been afraid to go, to thoughts that I didn’t want to confess to even the abyss of my […]
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[EDITOR’S NOTE: Renowned writer Catherine Whitney has given us permission to share with you an AfterTalk.com Private Conversation she wrote to her deceased friend Lynn. It is not only deeply moving, but also a great example of how AfterTalk members can use this site to help process their grief]. Dear Lynn, When I stormed into
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[EDITOR: The following was written by AfterTalk co-founder Lisa Bogatin] It was 1 a.m in our quiet residential neighbor near the Hudson River, a neighborhood where many movies and commercials are shot, whether we like it or not. It must have around the end September and my husband was walking our new puppy. He saw lots of lights and
I know that Wendy wrote a blog yesterday about the passing of Pete Seeger, but I feel compelled to add my own thoughts and recollections. This is the kind of thing any of you can do in the Aftertalk Family & Friends feature; you can collect and share the thoughts of several friends or family
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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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