Coping With Grief
Lightkeeper, Preface
Editor’s Note: At Grief Dialogues, we believe art helps us carry what grief leaves behind. Photographer and author Stacy Bass shows us how images and
September 2, 2025
Editor’s Note: At Grief Dialogues, we believe art helps us carry what grief leaves behind. Photographer and author Stacy Bass shows us how images and
If you are anything like me, then you look back at your life to see the patterns, and how certain choices propelled you forward or
During the Wall of Remembrance portion of Grief Dialogues: Memorial Day, something cracked open when I stepped onto the dimly lit stage. Another world slipped
Before the custom of worldly influence took over our consciousness, at least for myself, the celebration of Mother’s Day was a simple time in our
“Now what?” I asked the Chihuahua that twitched at my feet, wrapped around my ankle. “I need to get some work done, and I’m distracted
I never thought much of them. To me, they were just some tall and ugly wildflowers in my least favourite colour. Orange. But my father
As the driver pulls into the ambulance bay at the hospital, a wave of relief washes over me. Now that we have arrived, I can
It cowers in the corner, newly born. I turn my spite-soaked back, riddled with resentment and pull the thin veil to sink beneath its cover.
Editor’s Note: Earlier this year, the book Seasons of Grief: Creative Interventions to Support Bereaved People, edited by Claudia Coenen came out. It included a chapter
Don’t change the channel when I’m grieving. It’s in people to want to protect us and make us feel better. But I put this on