grief

He kills me every night

I was 5 when I saw my mother stabbed by her boyfriend. I don't know how I'll ever be close to a man again

Tamara Lynch Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 11:59 PM UTC 62
Life Love and Sex, dating, PTSD, grief

She was like a mother to me

My mother-in-law filled in for the mother I wish I had. Now she's dead and I'm blinded by grief

Cary Tennis Thursday, Jun 6, 2013 12:00 AM UTC
Life Since You Asked, mother-in-law

The battle over Tamerlan’s body

As a mortician, I see how people care most about corpses when they want revenge on them

Caitlin Doughty Friday, May 10, 2013 6:26 PM UTC 65
News Boston Explosions

Where do teens go with grief?

My young niece lost her boyfriend. How can I help her?

Cary Tennis Monday, May 6, 2013 12:00 AM UTC
Life Since You Asked, Teenagers, teens

My lover, my client

My longtime customer lost his house, moved in with me and then declared his love

Cary Tennis Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 26
Life Since You Asked, relationships

Julia Scheeres was losing her religion

In "Jesus Land," a memoirst reckons with an Evangelical upbringing and the grief of her brother's death

Kyle Minor Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Religion, julia scheeres, Memoir

Cissy Houston will never be a PFLAG parent

Oprah gets Whitney Houston's mother to open up, and can't quite believe what she hears

Kera Bolonik Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 1:57 PM UTC 23
Entertainment Oprah, Whitney Houston, TV

“I don’t take pleasure in things I’m not good at. I’m good at sitting in a bar”

In her memoir "Drinking With Men," the New York Times drinks columnist recounts the virtues of being a regular

Kera Bolonik Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 12:59 AM UTC
Entertainment Books, literature, Rosie Schaap

Why can’t doctors tell cancer patients the truth?

Medical journals and physicians underplay what treatment is really like. And it hurts patients

Mary Elizabeth Williams Friday, Jan 11, 2013 8:54 PM UTC 10
Life Cancer, Medicine, Breast cancer

The Krims show the world what healing looks like

Two months after their children were murdered, the couple reaches out to offer solace and inspiration to others

Mary Elizabeth Williams Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013 9:11 PM UTC
Life Facebook, Krim Family

Can comfort dogs console the people of Newtown?

In a town rocked by tragedy, therapy animals arrive to help allay the grief

Mary Elizabeth Williams Tuesday, Dec 18, 2012 4:23 PM UTC
Life Newtown shooting, Noble Beasts

My AIDS memoir soundtrack

On World AIDS Day, a writer commemorates her father's 20th anniversary with songs that helped her through her grief VIDEO

Alysia Abbott Saturday, Dec 1, 2012 6:00 PM UTC
Life Video, AIDS, LGBT, Bisexuality

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

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