Lives Well Lived

Lives Well Lived

Carter Anderson Lee

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

We didn’t speak the same language, but I understood

1d ago

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

1d ago

Ryan Frawley

The Most Beautiful Place to Fall

Death and life in the South of France

Aug 31

The Most Beautiful Place to Fall

Aug 31

Dawn D

From Tough Parent To Tender Grandparent

A journey of transformation

Aug 26

A grandparent and grandchild gardening together.

Aug 26

Bella Kennedy

A Love That Wasn’t Meant To Be

Death had the final say

Jul 31

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

Jul 31

Vivian McInerny

How to Be a Best Friend

Friends make friends make snow angels

Jul 19

How to Be a Best Friend

Jul 19

Jac Tomlins

Grief is the price we pay for love: Anon

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

Jul 9

Grief is the price we pay for love: Anon

Jul 9

Walter Rhein

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

We are all so innocent and unprepared to navigate the challenges of life

Jun 10

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

Jun 10

Alison Acheson

Lives Well Lived — a New Publication

Tell us a story and call it an obituary

Jun 5

Lives Well Lived — a New Publication

Jun 5

Chuck McCutcheon

What I Learned About Literature From a Friend Who Just Died

I own too many books. Way too many books. They, along with those belonging to my wife, fill shelves that consume an entire wall in our…

Aug 12, 2023

What I Learned About Literature From a Friend Who Just Died

Aug 12, 2023

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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Alison Acheson

Dance Me to the End: Ten Months and Ten Days With ALS--caregiving memoir. My pubs here: LIVES WELL LIVED, UNSCHOOL FOR WRITERS, and editor for WRITE & REVIEW.

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