Coping With Grief
Tragic loss and photo memories
When in mourning, time passes fast, time passes slow.Are pictures supposed to comfort the yearning?Photos capture static joybut in loss they bring no easing. She
April 7, 2026
When in mourning, time passes fast, time passes slow.Are pictures supposed to comfort the yearning?Photos capture static joybut in loss they bring no easing. She
Once upon a time, there was a woman named Maggie Gorishek who—like the children’s book character, Strega Nona—worked in her autumn years, churning and churning,
Grandma Dee called friends and family to report that she had twins. We went the very next day to her high-rise Baltimore apartment. Shaded by
This is the saddest piece of music I’ve ever heard. I first heard this modern Polish symphony as the sound track for a 1993 Peter
I stood in the doorway as the clock ticked, knowing every minute that passed was taking him one step further from life. They talked about
Her lips were purple, her face a powder white. I knew my baby sister wasn’t right. “She’s now in heaven,” said a mother torn in
That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet. ~Emily Dickinson We thought we were going to lose Jimmy on a Friday
Grief is nothing but a painful waiting, a horrible patience. Grief cannot be torn down or scaled or overcome or outsmarted. It can only be
I didn’t know you before I lost you. Didn’t get to hold your little hand. Or see your first smile. But I think of you
Today is the funeral of Mollie, a dear friend who died from ovarian cancer over Thanksgiving weekend. It is also her birthday. She would have