Tag: #LoveLivesOn
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The Things With Nowhere to Go
Note: This piece grew out of the conversation that followed when I first shared my thoughts about the things we keep after loss. So many people wrote with their own stories, and each one carried the same quiet ache — the longing for continuity, the wish that our love could keep unfolding through the hands…
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Teach Your Community How to Remember With You
People often want to reach out when someone dies. They really do. But most of the time, they don’t know how. They don’t know what’s safe to say or if it will make you cry or if you’d rather not talk about it at all. So they wait. Or they stay quiet. And that silence…
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Moving Into the Second Year Without Jess
I am moving into the second year without Jess, and grief feels different now. I suppose the shock has worn off. There is no longer that moment of sudden disbelief that she is gone. Instead, there’s a steady, familiar ache. I am no longer surprised by her absence. I am simply, regularly saddened by it.…
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The Grief Heart: A Simple Way to Signal “I’m Remembering”
When someone you love dies, it can be hard to know how — or when — to talk about them. Many friends want to be supportive but aren’t sure what to say. Sometimes they stay silent, worried they’ll make things worse. But for those of us grieving, silence can feel like forgetting. That’s why the…
Grief Heart Project 