
Embracing Strangers
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

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

Ellie breathes heavily as I cradle her, her lovely green eyes closed. We’re on a bench at the back of the large, crowded waiting room

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

I believe we are all here to assist one another in reaching a higher state of self. I hope there is at least one person

I have a scream deep within my soul. It takes all I have to hold it in. I behave normally most of the time. Or

Not a father through blood, but through requirement and devotion. No heartstrings were tugged, but you meant more. Always there, quietly caring, more than anyone

When we were in our early twenties, my sister and I didn’t speak for a few years. She even wrote me out of her will

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

Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there. I do not sleep. Almost 30 years ago, my father died. Diagnosis to