Coping With Grief
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
October 28, 2024
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
I’m naked!Can’t you see? Naked as a jaybird,exposed,unclothed,reporting for duty.Naked as I came.Naked as I will go. No! You’re wearing yourNavy pants and blue-striped shirt.Can’t
I am a pathological liar. I stand by my superior ability to fabricate the truth, to create a false narrative, to lie on command. And
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