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- People who will die
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- People navigating grief and death in a death-phobic culture
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You didn’t think you’d read about a family’s major relocation to an unknown land without reading about homesickness did you? Before we all don those rose-colored glasses about any of our hometowns, my advice to my fellow new-kids-in-town is to give it time. Ahead of the holidays, my little family traveled back to our hometown…
OMG! It happened! It’s here: 2017. For many, 2016 was a long, arduous year, but my household didn’t have time to come up for air. The months flew by. I clearly remember this time last year, living in my old house in Florida, knowing our family was about to decide where to relocate, and the future was…
My very first official job was working at Walgreens. I was 17 when I started and spent hours shopping in the cosmetics section while waiting for my latest roll of film to be developed anyway, so it seemed like a no-brainer. I worked there for the next four years, off and on as I went…
Dear Janet, To say I was blindsided the day you died last year would be an understatement, and fittingly would be exactly how you died. (Somehow the impact it had on me was more important than the one that took you out? This is what grief does to us.) It was first thing in the…
My family moves often for work, but we’re hoping our upcoming move is the last one. That’s right: after two and a half short years in South Florida, we’re embarking on yet another cross-country relocation. Often it takes two years to feel settled, but this time, I really feel like we just got here. When…
After my grandmother’s death last year, I found myself thinking of her daily. Every song on the radio about heartbreak suddenly put my grief into words. I found myself crying in the car on the way to and from work, when I had moments of solitude and wouldn’t have to explain my emotions to anyone….