Death and Dying

My cat died and I feel blinded

I can't believe the pain of seeing him dead

Cary Tennis Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 65
Life Since You Asked, Pets, grieving

My secret condom use

My girlfriend didn't know I was using condoms even though she was taking birth control -- then all hell broke loose

Cary Tennis Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 56
Life Since You Asked, Condoms, Sex

“Rhoda” gives lessons in life — and death

Valerie Harper discusses her terminal prognosis with the media, confronting with bravery "the pain ahead" VIDEO

Mary Elizabeth Williams Wednesday, Mar 13, 2013 6:46 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, Cancer, cancer diagnosis

My dad: 35 and dead

I was so young when my father died that it took decades to understand my mom experienced loss, too

Michael Hainey Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 11:00 PM UTC
Life Books, Fathers, Death and Dying

My junkie friend secretly died

It was posted on Facebook but I didn't know! Now my friends think I didn't care!

Cary Tennis Friday, Dec 21, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 15
Life Since You Asked, Music, Musicians

My dad’s gone off the rails

He nursed mom until she died; now he's like a lost soul. It's scary

Cary Tennis Wednesday, Nov 7, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 14
Life grief, Death and Dying, Fathers

Helping my mother grieve

I lost my father; she lost her husband. Can I lift her sadness?

Cary Tennis Monday, Oct 15, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 10
Life Death and Dying, Fathers

A kids club where parents die

When I got cancer, I put my kids in a support group. Then the death toll started rising

Mary Elizabeth Williams Tuesday, Oct 2, 2012 8:18 PM UTC
Life grief, support groups

So many books, so little time

A son talks about the books he and his mother chose to read during the last months of her life

Laura Miller Wednesday, Sep 26, 2012 6:33 PM UTC
Entertainment Will Schwalbe, Death and Dying

Should the terminally ill control their deaths?

A year after my mother's uncomfortable decline, it's a question with which I'm still wrestling

Daniel Krieger, Narratively Saturday, Sep 22, 2012 1:00 PM UTC 13
Life Narratively, Disease

Who’ll raise my kids if I die?

I may have only 18 months to live, and my husband is being a real SOB

Cary Tennis Thursday, Aug 30, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 56
Life Since You Asked, Cancer

So you’re dying? Just don’t change!

Since cancer came, my best friend has changed. Now she doesn't have long to live, but I can barely face her

Cary Tennis Friday, Jul 20, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 51
Life Cancer, Death and Dying

Mom, 94, letting go

She is on a ventilator. She is unconscious. Who among us is not ready?

Cary Tennis Tuesday, May 29, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 22
Life Since You Asked

A death that was also a birth

As a midwife, I've spent the last 30 years taking care of women in pregnancy. But nothing prepared me for this

Tova Hinda Siegel Wednesday, May 23, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
Life Life stories, Children

I changed. My wife didn’t

My father's death taught me how precious life is. I can't be petty and neurotic anymore. But my wife sure can!

Cary Tennis Tuesday, May 1, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 20
Life Since You Asked

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Death and Dying

My cat died and I feel blinded

My secret condom use

“Rhoda” gives lessons in life — and death

My dad: 35 and dead

My junkie friend secretly died

My dad’s gone off the rails

Helping my mother grieve

A kids club where parents die

So many books, so little time

Should the terminally ill control their deaths?

Who’ll raise my kids if I die?

So you’re dying? Just don’t change!

Mom, 94, letting go

A death that was also a birth

I changed. My wife didn’t

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