When you open yourself up to love, you open yourself up to loss.  When you suffer a loss, you will experience the painful emotion we call grief.  It’s a natural response to loss, yet to …

On my journey through grief, after losing my 16-year-old son in an auto accident, I have come to fully understand one fact: the waves of hopelessness and despair are never too far away. The waves …

Before my husband Phil died, I could have easily created a long list of my personal beliefs. This list would have included ideas about both the tangible and the intangible; broad concepts and specific ideals; …

When I think of grieving, I think of pain and sadness. I think of my stomach in knots, tears flowing uncontrollably and a broken heart. Joy has no place in grief at first glance.
To me, …

When my brother Rod killed himself the grief itself made me feel like I was going crazy. One minute I was okay and calm, the next I was hysterical. If we are in the depths …

How can we help our children deal with deaths of loved ones? Here are some ways.

Prepare the children for what will come. The more open you can be about what is ahead, the less uncomfortable …

After my infant son, Dylan, died I started jotting down various things and scenes I recalled from our experience.  I wanted to write about these memories not only to capture the details of Dylan’s life …

Only in the spirit of love,
not under the sign of death,
do the rituals of memory reveal themselves
as the beloved’s living presence.
(November Rose: A Speech on Death)
Two years ago, on All Soul’s-All Saints’ day, the …

By Abel Keogh –
Ever since my late wife died, I’ve had a hard time reading fiction where the main character is a widow or widower. Though the authors try hard, most of them don’t do …

From Open to Hope: Ask The Authors, December 10, 2008
Tammy writes in with a question: My friend who is 52 is grieving over a baby she lost when she was 17. She has 2 …

By Jack Cain –??
Someone has died, or you have experienced some other devastating loss, and grief has virtually taken over your life. It arrives in towering waves that engulf and own you, all at once. …

By David Daniels, M.D. –
Destructive myths abound concerning the loss and grief process. First, contrary to some views, there is no one “right” way to die or grieve; our personality type makes a difference. …

Betty writes in:?There is so little information to be found on how to deal with the loss of a pet…not death…worse, their being lost and not knowing where they are or if they are scared …

By Harriet Hodgson –
A blank journal page or computer screen can be intimidating. But this thought did not enter my head after my daughter and father-in-law died the same weekend. Journaling was the only way …

By Alice J. Wisler –??
Some view grief as a dirty word.
It’s associated with pain, hardship, suffering, endless days of crying and never seeing the sun. It’s hard – tough on the body, spirit and mind. …

Reviewed by Annette Gonzalez — ?
Director: Audrey Wells
Actors: Diane Lane, Sandra Oh
Plot: Diane Lane?plays?a San Francisco author and book critic who suffers intense emotional pain in the process of divorcing her husband. The movie?shows a …