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I Found An Unexpected Way To Process And Survive My Intense Grief: Texting A Stranger

Kim didn’t try to alleviate my sadness. She didn’t need to fix me. And vice versa.
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Mets Fans Go To That Dark Place In Darkest Hour After Epic Loss

Wild card-chasing New York blew a 6-run lead in the ninth inning to the Washington Nationals, and the faithful vented.
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This Is What No One Tells You About Grieving After Someone You Love Dies

Over the course of five years, I lost two grandmothers, two aunts, a cousin and both of my parents and nothing could have prepared me for the parameters of loss.
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How To Write About Death When You Don't Know How To Grieve

In Katharine Smyth’s new memoir, Virginia Woolf provides a comfort and a structure for unconventional mourning.
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What The Death Of My Daughter Is Teaching Me About Grief

As a bereaved parent, I hate the terms “moving on” and “healing.”
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I Am Ending My Year Of Firsts After My Husband's Death

"It doesn’t matter to me when his heart technically beat for the last time; he died in pieces over a two-year stretch."
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What Made Sheryl Sandberg Give Herself Permission To Date Again

Her late husband’s family actually brought it up.
By Lisa Capretto, OWN

Sheryl Sandberg On What So Many People Get Wrong About Expressing Sympathy

You can't "remind" someone of their pain, she points out.
By Lisa Capretto, OWN

To My Wife On Her First Mother’s Day After The Death Of Her Child

It is choosing to be a family even though it is not easy.
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6 Things About Grieving That This Widow Wishes You Knew

It's National Widows Day, so here's what I really want.
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