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Testament
For D.K. On the day of your passing I watched your friends scatter— some, to high places—tops of trees to wave their branches in winds
The Mute Dinner Guest
Every time I try to explain what the book is about, I come up with something different. It’s a hologram. I hope. Or maybe it’s a mirror – reflecting whatever it is the reader needs to see. Maybe that’s how all books work, though.
The Ghosts of Grief
Lately, I just can’t shake this dull, overwhelming sadness that has attached itself to me. Like some annoying, intractable specter hanging about. Losing my loved
Six ways to support someone grieving through the holidays…from near or far
Grief and loss can be overwhelming anytime of the year. But during the holidays, there’s a chance it’s harder, or at the very least, hard
Empty Chairs Around the Holiday Table
“There is a grief that can’t be spoken. There is a pain that goes on and on. Empty chairs at empty tables. Now my
The Holiday ANDspace
In my heARTwork over at The Creative Grief Studio, we coined the phrase ANDspace to talk about how grief experience so often does not fit
From Absence to Presence
My father died in a car accident on Christmas Day, 1982, the day before my twenty-ninth birthday. The festivities I’d been eagerly awaiting were
Empty Chair and Holiday Grief
My mother died in January 2001. She missed September 11th, the anthrax attack and the Patriot Act. She missed the news of the space shuttle
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My mother’s shampoo! And almost 20 years later I can still smell it in her night cap that I saved in a memory box!
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