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Our Annual Seven Holiday Gifts for Someone Who Is Grieving, 2024 Edition: Gracious gifts that spread love and beauty -
“Making Mobiles” by Karolina Merska: An artist’s manual on how to create beautiful Polish pajaki -
“Hands Up to the Sky” by Michael Franti & Spearhead: A surprisingly upbeat song about acknowledging both loss and the beauty of life
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Tag Archives: Grief and loss
Reveling in Sadness: “Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall” by Ella Fitzgerald
The First Lady of Jazz talks about what it means to have the blues
There’s something about the deep resonance of Ella Fitzgerald’s voice that is at once beautiful and profoundly sad. When she sings about the joys of life, each word spills from her lips like sugar drops, but when she sings the … Continue reading
Our Weekly Tip: Expressing and Healing from Your Grief Through Artwork
Creating artwork can greatly help those struggling to cope with and heal from the grieving process after a loved one’s death
Our Tip of the Week: Sometimes words escape us when we are trying to express ourselves during our grieving process after a loss. That is why creating art — whether by yourself or with the help of an art therapist … Continue reading
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The Jewish Mourning Tradition of Shiva
An exploration into the meaning and rituals of Shiva
When a practicing member of Judaism dies, the first stage of the mourning traditions is Shiva. The word “Shiva” means seven and originates from the beginning of the Torah, when Joseph mourned the loss of his father Jacob for seven … Continue reading
History of a Suicide: My Sister’s Unfinished Life by Jill Bialosky
An emotionally-charged and informative memoir of the author’s quest to understand what led to her youngest sister’s suicide
When news of Robin Williams’ suicide broke, I was already immersed in reading Jill Bialosky’s History of a Suicide, a beautiful, emotionally charged and highly informative memoir of her trying to come to terms and understand what led her youngest … Continue reading
Looking for Alaska by John Green
John Green explores the consuming nature of grief in his debut young adult fiction novel
Looking for Alaska is a wonderfully beautiful tragedy. In it, we follow Miles “Pudge” Halter as he is sent away from his hometown in Florida to boarding school in Culver Creek, Alabama in a scenario that seems to parallel author … Continue reading
“Casimir Pulaski Day” by Sufjan Stevens
A folk memorial song about a loved one with cancer and the limits of faith
Nothing can evoke the mystery of loss like a well-told story, or a ballad. One of my favorite songs by Sufjan Stevens, “Casimir Pulaski Day” from his album “Illinois” tells the story of a young girl who dies from cancer. … Continue reading
