Monthly Archives: June 2018

*My daughter asked me if I wanted to stand up and say something about Konnor at his wake. She said she just couldn’t do it, she was a wreck and understandably so. My first instinct was to scr… Source: The Eulogy – … Continue reading →

If you really want to do more than just support grievers in living with their emotional pain, you need Grief Recovery Certification Training. Source: Grief Recovery Certification – The Grief Recovery Method

Findings come amid a heated debate on the potential for human longevity — and whether we as a species have hit our limit yet. Source: New study suggests, at certain age, risk of death no longer increases

Area physicians using big data to spot early signs of sepsis end up developing a tool to help patients plan for the end of life. Source: Working to save lives, Philly physicians find way to help patients confront death

We would open our modest house in the mountains to those who knew and loved him, and we would bury him. Source: Home burial: bringing our baby’s body home from the hospital after he died.

Research shows that grief can have significant effects on physical health, too Source: Broken Heart Syndrome: Illness After Loss

Loss can put us in a fog. Everything seems murky. Nothing is the same. Our hearts have been hit, but others don’t understand. This can be frustrating and lonely.   From the Grieving Heart:I feel like a robot. I’m going through the … Continue reading →

Jason Rosenthal, who was thrust into the national spotlight after his wife, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, wrote the celebrated column “You may want to marry my husband” just days before her death from cancer, is now using his grief to spread … Continue reading →

After learning she doesn’t have long to live, a woman composes a dating profile for the man she will leave behind. Source: You May Want to Marry My Husband – The New York Times

Patients are encouraged to be “fighters.” But this mentality can be harmful if we’re not also having important conversations about the end of our lives. Source: We need to talk about death [Commentary] – Houston Chronicle