Mourning: Remembrance for our Heroes
I’m more interested in the meaning of funerals and the mourning that people do. It’s not a retail experience. It’s an existential one. Thomas Lynch, American Politician 1727-1776. ThinkExist.com. I...
View ArticleWhat do We Do Now, Daddy? Crucial Conversations With Children On Death
Author’s note: In January 1989, my first wife died as a result of injuries she received in an automobile accident. In the blink of an eye I found myself the single father of a seven year-old daughter...
View ArticleAbout Complicated Bereavement Disorder
Warren Schmidt: “Relatively soon, I will die. Maybe in 20 years, maybe tomorrow, it doesn’t matter. Once I am dead and everyone who knew me dies too, it will be as though I never existed. What...
View ArticleGrieving Death Through Creative Self-Expression
Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart ~– John Adams There are few human experiences in life that cause us to suffer so deeply, like the...
View ArticleAn Untimely End to A Significant Bond: Grieving the Death of a Sibling
“To the outside world, we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were. We know each other’s hearts. We share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and...
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