Archive for Is this Normal?

One of my favorite grief memoirs is Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala. Fair warning: this is not a book for the…

Do complicated hardships require equally big and complex ways to cope?  Not always, especially not with something like grief. Grief…

I had the most disturbing dream when my mom was sick. She was sleeping in the big reclining chair that…

I’m operating under the influence of fall. It’s a subtle disorientation that knocks me off kilter just enough for things…

Reading that title, you might be thinking that there are approximately a zillion reasons grief makes you angry. And you’d…

If you're still in the first year after a loss, I imagine the title of this article alone might have…

If ever there were a time you'd expect to cry, it's after the death of a loved one or other…

I always wanted an imaginary friend as a child, but my mind wouldn't stretch far enough. I envied kids who…

Our experiences are complex, but for the sake of simplicity, let's break them down into two separate categories - inside…