Endless Endings: The Many Forms of Death and What They Teach Us About Life
Death may be one of life’s most predictable surprises, yet it has also become one of the most compelling frontiers of scientific inquiry. Our bodies, and our lives, tell a story of cellular creation and destruction that stretches back to Earth’s primordial oceans. But when we trace the interwoven thread of beginnings and endings in […]
Preparing to Die: Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition
“Death is one of the most precious experiences in life, literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Yet after many years of teaching on death and dying, I am surprised that even for spiritual practitioners death remains a dreaded event. We dread it because we don’t know about it. We don’t look forward to death because we don’t […]
How to Write an Obituary That Actually Sounds Like Them
It’s not easy to summarize someone you love; to write an obituary that balances the necessary facts with the person’s actual character.If you are writing for a “character” of your own, here is how to lean into the wit while maintaining the dignity of the moment: Ultimately, there is no “correct” way to summarize a […]
So You Have to Write The Obituary
by Kelley Edwards HOW DO YOU CAPTURE A PERSON’S LIFE IN A FEW PARAGRAPHS? Writing an obituary is a balancing act between reporting facts and capturing a soul. Condensing a lifetime into a few paragraphs feels like an impossible task. When I sat down to write my father’s obituary, the examples I found felt cold- rigid rows of […]
The Sky Painter
Grief doesn’t have to mean goodbye. Death can be confusing for children, and grown-ups often struggle to find the words to talk about it. The Sky Painter offers an opening for that conversation. Though death may feel final, mother and daughter, Anna and Diane Hullet , wrote this story to remind children and adults alike […]
As A Waterfall by Sara Rian
Sara Rian’s sixth poetry collection returns to a theme she knows well: what it means to keep living after loss. Written in short, spare verses, these poems meet grief where it actually lives: messy, nonlinear, and deeply personal. Rian doesn’t try to make sense of loss or wrap it in tidy language. Instead, she offers […]
As Long As You Need
Grief is one of those things we think we understand — until it’s ours. And then all the rules go out the window. We’re told to move through stages, to heal on a schedule, to be “doing better” by some invisible deadline set by everyone around us. But grief doesn’t work that way, and most […]
End of Life Family Support Bundle by Barbara Karnes
Caring for a loved one in their final days is a profound journey, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. The End of Life Family Support Bundle offers a compassionate roadmap for this difficult time. Featuring the New Rules for End of Life Care DVD and acclaimed guides like Gone From My Sight and […]
My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me: A Memoir
On March 3, 2017, Amy Krouse Rosenthal published a “Modern Love” column in the New York Times titled “You May Want to Marry My Husband.” Written just ten days before she passed away from ovarian cancer, it wasn’t a goodbye—it was a creative, wry, and brutally honest “personal ad” for the man she was leaving behind. She didn’t want […]
Renegade Grief: A Guide to the Wild Ride of Life after Loss
Carla Fernandez pushes back on the death-denying culture we live in. After the death of her father, she co-founded The Dinner Party, a leading peer-support organization for people who’ve experienced a major loss. She wrote Renegade Grief with compassion, to help others adjust to change, and allow grief to become a catalyst to connecting with […]