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  • A Sisterhood of Suffering
    When I miscarried, I was devastated. But I soon learned there were many more out there like me.
  • All Memory of Book is Gone
    Gene tells how he doesn't remember reading a book the first read soon after his mother died.  He "must  have been more numb than" he realized.
  • Current Approaches to Helping Children Cope with a Parent’s Terminal Illness
    Much has been learned about childhood bereavement in the last few decades as studies have increasingly focused on the direct interviewing of children about their recovery from the tragic loss of a parent. It has been shown that children do indeed mourn, although differently from adults. 
  • Anniversary Gifts
    Even painful occasions can provide a chance to experience the sacred, if we observe them mindfully.
  • Befriending Fear
    I'll never forget the feeling.  The CEO called me into his office, looked into my eyes and said, "Jock, this isn't working out."
  • A Mother's Love, Clarified
    The long dying of Louise Will ended here recently. It was time. At 98, her body was exhausted by disease and strokes. Dementia, that stealthy thief of identity, had bleached her vibrant self almost to indistinctness, like a photograph long exposed to sunlight.
  • Love Deeply
    Do not hesitate to love deeply.
  • When I Lost My Husband
    When I lost my husband, I lost a part of myself.
  • Scenes of Loss
    Roadside memorials dot Long Island's state highways, county parkways and roads, sending a message of "we miss you and will never forget." Names appear, such as Umair Ejaz, who died near Exit 15 on the Southern State Parkway on Aug. 13, 2006. Some memorials have been around for years, such as a small cross for Aram Kasparian, killed in 1995 where the Wantagh Parkway connects to the westbound Northern State. Others are new, such as the memorial for Amanda Malloy, a fourth-grade teacher killed earlier this month while jogging in Huntington.
  • The Long Goodbye
    For five years, I was my parents' death panel. And where the costly chaos of Medicare failed, a team of salaried doctors and nurses offerred a better way.  by Joe Klein
  • Lessons Before Dying
    Heartfelt messages, gifts help children hold onto their parents long after their passing.
  • Spouse's Death Risk
    Study: Spouse's death risk rises when other is ill.
  • Wichita boy’s garage-sale buy holds a treasure for his family
    Wichita boy’s garage-sale buy holds a treasure for his family.
  • Am I Still A Big Sister?
    One of the first, of many, uncertainties after we lost our daughter, was the dilemma on how to share the news that the little sister our children had been waiting for, would not be coming after all. Something that neither my wife nor I understood and only recently learned, would have to be transformed, translated and explained to my then 9-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son.
  • Farewell, With Love and Instructions
    MELANIE SOVERN, a 15-year-old with thick black hair and forgiving eyes, often feels her mother's tug when she is alone in her room after school. It is during those moments that she will reach for the videotape, slide it into the machine, and settle back into her mother's words, the richness of her voice, the solace of her smile.