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Seeing Death As a Process
Seeing Death As a Process
Meeting a Long-Gone Indian Sage Changed My Perspective on Death As “The End”
Maggie Kuhn
Oct 5
A Love Letter to My Son in Spirit
A Love Letter to My Son in Spirit
It’s 10 weeks and one day today since you suddenly departed this earth. As a mother, I count and mark and track these things.
Maggie Kuhn
Oct 5
Mama, It’s Not Just Your Grief Brain Causing All This
Mama, It’s Not Just Your Grief Brain Causing All This
Hint: Get Your Hormones Checked
Maggie Kuhn
Sep 16
Why I Can’t Stop Thinking About Death and the People We Lose
Why I Can’t Stop Thinking About Death and the People We Lose
To think of death is to acknowledge that all things must end
Viraj Mahajan
Aug 20
A Forgotten Look!
A Forgotten Look!
I sneezed for eight whole years. I would have sneezed till my very last breath!
Viraj Mahajan
Aug 17
Making Friends with Grief — the Beginning of a Long-Term Relationship
Making Friends with Grief — the Beginning of a Long-Term Relationship
Like it or not, ready or not
Marilyn Flower
Aug 12
Mother, Where Art Thou?
Mother, Where Art Thou?
And the heavens say wait…
Lani (Myk) Domaloy
Aug 8
My Father Waited for Me Before He Died
My Father Waited for Me Before He Died
It’s a blessing I will always remember
Ruby Lee
Jul 18
Grief for Dinner
Grief for Dinner
Annie Howland
Jul 16
The Last Time I Saw Her Was at a Funeral. Tonight I’ll See Her Again at a Funeral.
The Last Time I Saw Her Was at a Funeral. Tonight I’ll See Her Again at a Funeral.
Except this time the funeral is hers
Jordan Hardin
Jul 12
I Married My Soulmate When I Was 40
I Married My Soulmate When I Was 40
And he was gone before our first anniversary
Scott Nuce
Jun 27
I Hate Being a Widow
I Hate Being a Widow
Desperately Seeking Something
D- Anne Jennings
Jun 20
If I Could Go Back in Time and Answer the Phone, Knowing it’d Be the Last Time I Talked to You…..I
If I Could Go Back in Time and Answer the Phone, Knowing it’d Be the Last Time I Talked to You…..I
Would answering the phone have made a difference?
Jordan Hardin
Jun 17
Love Comes First Followed by Heartache and Grief
Love Comes First Followed by Heartache and Grief
Life Changes Forever
D- Anne Jennings
May 16
Finding Happiness after Grief and Loss of Purpose
Finding Happiness after Grief and Loss of Purpose
Reflections on the Movie A Man Called Otto
Margie Hord de Mendez
May 3
Losing Joe — Six Years Without You, Grief Has No Relevance with Time
Losing Joe — Six Years Without You, Grief Has No Relevance with Time
Chapter 21
Elaine M. Suarez
May 2
Making Peace With Grief (and Guilt)
Making Peace With Grief (and Guilt)
Yesterday, I felt my dad’s presence. I heard his gentle whistle. And I smelled a light waft of his cologne.
Susan J. Megy
Apr 16
When I Say I’ll Love You Forever
When I Say I’ll Love You Forever
Love lives on after death
Dani Ray
Apr 11
Grief Always Leaves A Piece Of Your Heart Empty
Grief Always Leaves A Piece Of Your Heart Empty
It’s a feeling that never goes away
Ruby Lee
Apr 8
Weep for me
Weep for me
-A poem of grief and processing loss
Astaria DÁrci - Whispering Echo
Mar 25
How We Left
How We Left
When you collapsed in Maine, there in my arms, eyes locked just as you were leaving I was leaving too in some strange shock
Lise Kunkel
Mar 5
What Grief Feels Like
What Grief Feels Like
My experience after a heartbreaking loss.
Brenna Clark
Jan 29
Grief and A Broken Heart
Grief and A Broken Heart
Will I die from a broken heart?
D- Anne Jennings
Jan 20
Victim, Warrior, or Conqueror
Victim, Warrior, or Conqueror
Photo by ibmoon Kim on Unsplash
⭐️ Lizi Ruth
Jan 16
All the things
All the things
— a poem about the stuff we leave behind when we die
Astaria DÁrci - Whispering Echo
Jan 16
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