When a person dies, even members of the same family, experience their grief differently and this difference can cause more pain and more damage than
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This is 20 Years Too Late – (A Father’s Tragic Tale)
Hello everyone. This is a rather tragic story. It will not be suitable for light hearts. It’s my deepest, most darkest history, which led to
An Elderly Widower’s Note to His Deceased Wife Is the Best Thing You’ll Read on the Internet This Week
A touching story of an elderly widower coping with life alone after his wife of 62 years died last January went viral on Facebook. “So
Miles and Miles of No-Man’s Land – By Libba Bray
This is the hardest blog I’ve ever attempted to write. For the better part of eight months, I have been struggling under the thumb of
On My Father’s Birthday: A Letter To The Man Who Killed Him – By Dawn Quyle Landau
Dear Sir, I don’t know your name, but you killed my father on June 9, 1973, in Stockton, California. My father was thirty-two years old
Lessons From the Worst Day Of My Life – By Gretchen Kelly
“And I know it aches and your heart it breaks and you can only take so much…. Walk on.” -U2, Walk On It was my
The Day I’ll Finally Stop Grieving – By John Pavlovitz
“How long has it been? When is he going to get over that grief and move on already?” I get it. I know you might be thinking that about
As His Wife Was Dying, A Small Act of Kindness Made Such a Difference
When my wife was dying from cancer…one of the cleaning ladies…who didn’t even speak much English….brought her a small stuffed animal her mother had hand
A Complete Stranger’s Kindness Towards a Young Grieving Widow
Last September was the one-year anniversary of my husband’s death. I was 27 years old, by myself at around 9 AM and was facing a
Humbled by Kindness…
…A few humbling kind experiences all wrapped into one: Humbling experience #1. My mom got suddenly diagnosed with cancer and deteriorated unbelievably quickly. She seemed
FOR BETTER OR WORSE: A 25th Anniversary Love Letter to my Dead Husband – by Lisa Gastaldo
I’ve begun this missive multiple times. Spurts of dialog verbalized in my dreams. Numerous scribbled passages were wadded up and subsequently rescued. I stared blankly
For the Last 3-Years I’ve Been Lying to Everyone I know – By Lucy Kramer
Since the 1st of March 2012 I’ve been a liar and I’ve lied to everyone I know. I think I’ve lied hundreds of times. Maybe
Heart-Wrenching Photo of Doctor Crying Goes Viral. Here’s Why – by Pamela Wible MD
Outside of a Southern California hospital, an ER doctor is crouched down against a concrete wall grieving the loss of his 19-year-old patient. A paramedic
Surprise Giveback for Deserving Mum (Video)
Michelle is a mother who recently was forced to deal with some tragic news. Her 19-year-old son, Blaine, was killed in an accident where he
Getting Grief Right – by Patrick O’Malley
By the time Mary came to see me, six months after losing her daughter to sudden infant death syndrome, she had hired and fired two
Read the Beautiful Love Letters Sexual Assault Survivors Are Writing to Themselves
There are many misconceptions about what it’s like to be a sexual assault survivor. One particularly harmful assumption is that survivors are affected by their experience
Lost and Found – A Girls Letter to Her Late Father
A patron walking through the parking lot of a pub in Somerset, U.K., happened upon a crumpled letter lying on the ground. When he picked
Keep Smiling (Daddy) – by Pablo Stanley
We never know, for sure, what is really going on in someone’s life unless they have told us or we have seen for ourselves… At
A Grieving Mother’s Kindness Helps Other Parents In a Heartbreakingly Beautiful Way
While the birth of a child is a joyous occasion for most, some parents’ experiences are shadowed with deep sorrow. When babies are born with
10 Specific Suggestions for How to Help a Grieving Friend – by Howard Whitman
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Keys to Happiness, an anthology of articles published in 1954. Most of us want to be helpful
What is Apology? by Patrice Ardiere
I changed my life in April 2009. I went to a weekend workshop that would culminate more than 10 years of spiritual study and self-
Man’s Best Friend Helps Catch his Owner’s Murderer.
This week, while he was walking with his dogs, a college student was killed in what was apparently a botched robbery attempt for his cellphone.
Widower’s Poem to His Late Wife, “Ode To Kath,” Is Simply Beautiful
Radio listeners were likely brought to tears when they tuned in to BBC’s 5 Live Breakfast program Monday to hear 93-year-old Bob Lowe share a
The Kindness of Strangers was a Welcome Comfort [Letter]
The Kindness of Strangers was a Welcome Comfort [Letter] by Patricia K. Severinsen On Aug. 27, I was taking my husband to his cardiologist to
Daddy’s Little Girl Healing Her Hero’s Broken Heart With a Cuddle
‘AussieDefect’ wrote: “My Dad was a Police Officer who worked in Major Crash. I was 3-years old On Christmas Day. He had spent the day
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