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Lives Well Lived

Obituaries for the loved and inspiring

Ryan Frawley in Lives Well Lived

The Most Beautiful Place to Fall

Death and life in the South of France

Carter Anderson Lee in Lives Well Lived

My Grandpa Came to the US and Gave Me the Life He Always Wanted

We didn’t speak the same language, but…

Vivian McInerny in Lives Well Lived

Ode to a Friendship

From cradle to grave, or dang close

Chuck McCutcheon in Lives Well Lived

What I Learned About Literature From a Friend Who Just Died

Alison Acheson in Lives Well Lived

Lives Well Lived — a New Publication

Tell us a story and call it an obituary

Bella Kennedy in Lives Well Lived

The author’s childhood sweetheart, Joe, posing while wearing a white hard hat with his name on it. He’s five stories up on a walkway on a power plant in New Mardrid near Girardeau, Missouri on April 28, 2012

A Love That Wasn’t Meant To Be

Death had the final say

Jac Tomlins in Lives Well Lived

Grief is the price we pay for love: Anon

I wrote this piece in 2013 and am reposting it here today (July 10th, 2024)

Walter Rhein in Lives Well Lived

How the Chance Sight of an Obituary Helped Me Finally Understand a Childhood Friend

Dawn D in Lives Well Lived

A grandparent and grandchild gardening together.

From Tough Parent To Tender Grandparent

A journey of transformation

Vivian McInerny in Lives Well Lived

How to Be a Best Friend

Friends make friends make snow angels

Lives Well Lived

Obituaries for those we’ve loved and/or those who’ve inspired us; share with us how another human has changed your life or opened your eyes

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