It’s late in the evening.
I’ve just finished an obnoxiously long game of Settlers of Catan with my new roommates. We’re the kind of bunch who like to bake cookies and pour gin and tonics while we conquer each others’ lands and raid stockpiles of…
Two days before my boyfriend’s Mother passed away, I Googled, “how to help your partner when they lose their parent”. At the time, I found it largely unhelpful, too vague and full of platitudes while they urged you not the spew them. In hindsight, it was…
Sometimes, grief feels like a bunch of contradictions…heavy, yet hollow, numb, yet achingly painful. Sometimes, it sucks the…
Picking at the Scabs of Grief
My mom died on May 17, 2010. Some days it feels like a hundred years ago, some days it feels like yesterday. I was privileged to hold her hand as she left us. It was the most amazing, horrible, awesome, surreal moment of my life — all roped into one.
No lies — my family has been dealing with some tough cards these days. My sister passed away from…
UPDATE: I first wrote this in 2006 after my son beat a terrible brain tumor. We lost him in 2021 to leukemia, after a 14 month battle. Now, I read my original words below and think, “this wasn’t a terrible dream after all; it was a premonition.”
I cried on my way home from work. I put on a Bowie playlist and I cried through “Heroes” and I cried through “Ashes to Ashes” and “Young Americans.” And I told myself it was ok to cry. I didn’t know David Bowie personally, I never met the man. But he touched my life in a deep, meaningful way and I allowed myself the…
….into something that might fit someday
My daughter died some months ago. She hadn’t been born yet. Nothing could have prepared me for what her totally unforeseen loss did to me, my relationships and how I looked at the world. And yet, my…
Hello,
You have followed the Bereavement and Mourning topic on Medium that I started a few years ago. I wanted to introduce myself.
My name is Todd Nigro. We lost our six-year-old Ellie on January 20, 2012 in a tragic accident. I’ve…
