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Living proof that good things come to those who are late.

Dear Janet

December 7, 2020 · Leave a Comment

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…

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Posted by Chel24 / Filed In: Life
Tagged: death, friendship, grief, tragedy

What Writing an Obituary Can Teach You

February 8, 2020 · Leave a Comment

Writing an obituary can be a gift to the writer, but what if you were to write your own?

In rifling through my mother’s files of important paperwork after her death, it became clear which details of her life really mattered to her. A true nomad, she relocated countless times, getting rid of more and more of the unessential as the years went on. After her terminal diagnosis, her few belongings were pared down…

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Posted by Chel24 / Filed In: Life
Tagged: death, grief, legacy, mental health, obituaries, yolo

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