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“Promise Me Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose” by Joe Biden

In his 2017 memoir, former Vice President Biden shares vows made to his dying son and others who have experienced great loss

  Former Vice-president Joe Biden and his family were forced to mourn publicly when his 46-year-old son Beau died of a brain tumor in the spring of 2015. This was the second lightening strike of great loss Biden had endured … Continue reading

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”Unremarried Widow” by Artis Henderson

A young widow overcomes the challenges of grieving while learning to live without her love.

Falling in love is tough. You must open yourself up and allow yourself to be vulnerable for another person. But falling in love with someone who risks their life on a daily basis seems tougher—an experience recorded in Artis Henderson’s beautifully … Continue reading

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Messages from Beyond Death: “My Husband’s Things”

In the midst of grieving, widow Joans Marans Dim digs through her husband's past

The latest non-fiction essay by Joans Marans Dim, “My Husband’s Things”, is an intimate look into the grieving author’s struggle to accept the death of her husband, Stuart. Published in The New York Times last Wednesday, Dim’s essay chronicles the … Continue reading

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Grieving Through Time and Terminal Illness

Ben Nunery's re-created wedding pictures pay a unique tribute to his late wife

Years after photographer Ben Nunery’s wife passed away from a terminal illness, he decided it was time channel his grieving into a more creative outlet. Before his wife was diagnosed with a terminal illness, Ali and Ben were on the … Continue reading

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The Power of Grief: Widow Stays by Spouse’s Side after his Death

Why a Belgian widow slept beside her husband for an entire year after his passing

When a loved one passes, we suddenly feel our body become susceptible to unimagined emotions associated with death. No one person is exempt from the reality that grief becomes a curious blend of fear, depression, anger and denial that moves … Continue reading

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The Historical Widow’s Walk, Where A Wife Waited for Her Husband’s Safe Return From Sea

The sentimental mythology of America’s coastal architecture

Any trip through Cape Cod, Nantucket and other local coastal towns is a tour through the 19th century cultural landscape of New England — an architectural intersection between its British inheritance and the stylistic dictates of a New World.  Widow’s … Continue reading

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