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Tag Archives: grief
The First Morning After the Darkest Night of the Year
We know they are coming, those longer nights. We know we will lose the sun. We string lights and burn candles and celebrate to chase away the enveloping dark. We know it is here. And yet we are startled, worried, … Continue reading
Glad I Saw It: Bench Trimmed in Green
There are several memorial benches around Brookdale Park. Some have pithy sayings, and some are more simple. This bench, overlooking the meadow, has been lovingly trimmed in greenery for the season. It is lovely, and it made me smile. It … Continue reading
Posted in Glad I Saw It, People are Good, Suburban Life, Things I love
Tagged Coping with Grief, grief, Holiday Season
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Your life, trying to be remembered
A friend posted this today — April 28th — and it expresses part of the complexity that is mourning. Life goes on, and as time passes, we start to live in moments and hours and even days when those we’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Parenthood, People are Good
Tagged grief, jennifer pastiloff, loss, mourning, parenting, parents
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Eulogy for My Father
I was a little over a year old, and my mother was pregnant with my sister Andrea, when someone asked my Dad “Will you give her back now?” – referring to my adoption. Years later, when Dad told me this … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Parenthood, Things I love
Tagged eulogy, Father, grief, mourning, out of time
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