Thoughts from the Blog
Hope is Everything
1 year and 7 days since I went to the store and bought English muffins for my mom, because she just had to have one for breakfast. 1 year and 6
I Am Home, And I Am An Artist
I am an artist. Believe it or not, it only took me 34 years to be able to say these words out loud, without crying, and still maintain eye contact. I know, pretty incredible, right?
Funerals and COVID
My friend passed away last year. Nobody saw it coming. He was just hitting the midpoint of his life. It was an unfinished story with loose ends that will never be
E-mail from The Grief Train
Dear Russ, In our writing workshop just now, you commented on our friend Jamie’s essay, in which she explores her pain at the loss of her young daughter. “Get off the
To Catch a Butterfly
June 9, 2020 2:00 PM Leaning my back on the chair, I stared at the assignments I ought to do for my volunteering. A heavy sigh escaped through my cracked lips.
When Your Abuser Dies
This video was recorded on June 25, 2020, as part of the Reimagine: Life, Loss, & Love Worldwide Virtual Festival. View the video here. With the global pandemic of COVID-19 sweeping
Interfaith Panel on Deathcare in the Time of COVID-19
It’s been said that the deceased doesn’t know the difference during this period, but the living do. That is why Grief Dialogues and People’s Memorial Association brought together an interfaith panel
Fatherless Father’s Day
Fatherless Father’s Day was recorded for Reimagine: Life, Loss & Love, a Worldwide Virtual Festival on June 20, 2020. It is co-presented by Grief Dialogues and the Karuna Project. Watch the
The Importance and Value of Writing Through Grief
On May 9, 2020, Grief Dialogues hosted Motherless Mother’s Day as part of the Reimagine: Life, Loss & Love World Wide Festival. Today we are honored to share with you the