Archive for Dealing with Friends and Family

Reading that title, you might be thinking that there are approximately a zillion reasons grief makes you angry. And you’d…

Boundaries can be helpful in grief, but they can also just be helpful during the complicated and draining holiday season.…

Grief boundaries. They're a thing. Chances are you didn't know they were a thing before your loss. You probably wouldn't…

People say and do the wrong things so often when we're grieving. It can be annoying at the best of…

We've all heard it before, from the well-meaning, tilted-head friends at the funeral and in the weeks to follow: "Let…

For a while now, I've been thinking about the way people come in and out of our lives. This isn’t…

I want to be upfront with you. This post is about giving the benefit of the doubt to people who…

"Grief is the price we pay for love".   ~ Queen Elizabeth Until you lose someone, you may not really “get” the…

Dear close friend who disappeared after someone I love died, Hey there.  It's been a while since we talked, a…