Everybody Dies
We should talk more, and more matter-of-factly, with children about death.
View ArticleA High-Functioning Bereaved Parent
So where am I now, 13 years after my 2½-year-old son, Jacob, died because of a brain tumor? One thing I can say is that my junk mail has no idea where I am.
View Article‘Holding Silvan’: Letting Go of a Life and an Ideal About Death
In her memoir, Monica Wesolowska explores how to parent a child who is caught up in our complex system of modern medical death.
View ArticleWhen a Game of Catch Is All a Father Has Left
Sometimes a game of catch in a hospital courtyard is the best a father has to give, and sometimes it's all that matters.
View ArticleOn National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, a Mother With a Candle...
On Oct. 15, I'll be the woman with a candle in my window, remembering Silvan.
View ArticleLessons in Living While Dying, From Pop
My kids have learned a new vocabulary, including words like lymphoma, chemotherapy, radiation, tumor and bone marrow. But they have also learned something important about being flexible, helping out,...
View ArticleGlossy Photo Cards, Highlighting Grief
This is not a campaign to end the photo card. But the year our daughter died, it would have been so much kinder to send something else.
View ArticleBlue-Haired Bingo in Footie Pajamas
There’s a common perception that with cancer in the house, the mood is all death and dying, gloom and doom. But there can be laughter and humor, too.
View ArticleThanks to a 4-Year-Old, a Laugh Stronger Than Death
Silence doesn’t protect our kids. It steals their chance to say goodbye.
View ArticleAfter a Father’s Heart Attack, A Well-Meant Lie Backfires on the Playground
My husband had a heart attack in Singapore, and I got on a plane without telling our son.
View ArticleWhen Tragedy and Adolescence Clash, Helping Grieving Teenagers Cope
The reality of death and grief unfold differently for teenagers.
View ArticleSnape Is Dead
With the death of Alan Rickman, who played Severus Snape in the Harry Potter movies, our children will experience the curious grief that accompanies the death of someone you knew without knowing.
View ArticleLoving a Grandpa Right Down to His Toes
There are some things only life can teach our children. Living with dying is one of them.
View ArticleEverybody Dies
We should talk more, and more matter-of-factly, with children about death.
View ArticleA High-Functioning Bereaved Parent
So where am I now, 13 years after my 2½-year-old son, Jacob, died because of a brain tumor? One thing I can say is that my junk mail has no idea where I am.
View Article‘Holding Silvan': Letting Go of a Life and an Ideal About Death
In her memoir, Monica Wesolowska explores how to parent a child who is caught up in our complex system of modern medical death.
View ArticleLessons in Living While Dying, From Pop
My kids have learned a new vocabulary, including words like lymphoma, chemotherapy, radiation, tumor and bone marrow. But they have also learned something important about being flexible, helping out,...
View ArticleGlossy Photo Cards, Highlighting Grief
This is not a campaign to end the photo card. But the year our daughter died, it would have been so much kinder to send something else.
View ArticleBlue-Haired Bingo in Footie Pajamas
There’s a common perception that with cancer in the house, the mood is all death and dying, gloom and doom. But there can be laughter and humor, too.
View ArticleThanks to a 4-Year-Old, a Laugh Stronger Than Death
Silence doesn’t protect our kids. It steals their chance to say goodbye.
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