Eight* dead in seven weeks.
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Eight* dead in seven weeks.
the taboo we don’t talk about: death and grief
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What can we do when we are forced to face death? Do we continue ignoring it or do we weave it into our understanding, possibly creating a more nuanced appreciation for both the fleetingness of life and its interconnected nature? I find that it is this very activity that can arm us with the tools needed to continue living in a world that no longer... See more
Veronica Menaldi • After mom died, I found great comfort in a medieval Andalusian tale | Psyche Ideas
We treat grief as something reserved for death alone, when in truth we live with it every day — in our endings, our beginnings, and every choice in between.
This is why our grief capacity stays so fragile. We keep skipping funerals for our own lives.
This is why our grief capacity stays so fragile. We keep skipping funerals for our own lives.
Jamila Bradley • Grief Is a Practice: The Western Struggle with Letting Go
“Grief is different. Grief has no distance. Grief comes in waves, paroxysms, sudden apprehensions that weaken the knees and blind the eyes and obliterate the dailiness of life. Virtually everyone who has ever experienced grief mentions this phenomenon of “waves.”
“Information was control. Given that grief remained the most general of afflictions its
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