We closet our identities, our grief and our loss to be safe. We choose to be alone and helpless in our grievances because the alternative – coming out – …
Tag: grief
Grief Sits With Me Every Time I Look for Love
Grief tells me that I am neither damaged nor hurt, I am just longing to find little spaces of kindness.
Retrospect
'The only grief in my life is that there must be grief in one's life.'
How Spirit Photography Captured Love, Loss and Longing
Today viewers may be preoccupied by the methods used by spirit photographers, but spirit photographs had a notable impact on the bereaved who commissioned the portraits.
Vernacular of Grief
'I'm looking for an unassuming vernacular that demands a distinction – between the griefs one can write about and the griefs one just ought to feel.'
Unhem the Mayhem: a Breakdown of Grief
As someone who has seen death rather closely a few too many times, I’ve come to accept it for its inevitably and have created a mechanism to reconcile with …
Time of Death: Grief and Illusion
A psychiatrist with the National Health Service in the UK writes about grappling with grief after the death of her partner due to COVID-19.
The Forgotten Lament of the Fallen
'Do you not remember? When the dead were reduced to mere numbers.'
Notes on Grief
Memories of the day when my father died 25 years ago are still fresh in my mind and have somehow made me apathetic towards death.