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  • Stupid Is As Stupid Does

    When my wife and I lost our son to inhalant abuse in 2001 we were among a small segment of american society that actually knew what ''huffing'' was and that it could actually cause sudden death. We had learned about the dangers of ''dusting'' while our son was in an intensive out-patient program for addiction, but we of course didn't think it ...
    Posted to Press Box by KiminIndy on November 22, 2009

  • Counting My People, by Dr. Helen Davey

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/helen-davey/counting-my-people-an-aut_b_354491.html
    Posted to Grieving by Robert D. Stolorow on November 13, 2009

  • Friendship and Mourning

    Jacques Derrida wrote: ''Philia [friendship] begins with the possibility of survival. Surviving--that is the other name of a mourning whose possibility is never to be awaited.'' In other words, every friendship is structured from the beginning by the possibility that one friend will die first and the surviving friend will be left to mourn. Death ...
    Posted to Grieving by Robert D. Stolorow on October 2, 2009

  • Emily Running

    EMILY RUNNING My favorite time of day is walking Emily to school in the morning. We kiss as we leave our driveway so other kids won't see us. If I'm lucky, we have a second kiss, furtively, at the school-yard's edge. My insides beam as she turns from me and runs to the building where her class is held, blonde hair flowing, backpack ...
    Posted to Grieving by Robert D. Stolorow on August 1, 2009

  • Miscarriage Will Affect SIL's Pregnancy

    I think it was very thoughtful of the sister-in-law to write in and ask for advice about conception etiquette. It seems to me like she was likely looking for an appropriate gesture to make to her family members during their difficult time. Instead of being mocked for it, perhaps Prudie could have suggested that she didn't need to wait for her own ...
    Posted to Dear Prudence by Raveler4life on July 18, 2009

  • Thank You

    Thank you for this beautiful series on grief. My mother died of renal cell carcinoma on March 25, 2009. Your essays are part of my therapy, along with friends and family, Leonard Cohen songs, and a Facebook page in my mother's honor. As I read your essays, I feel as if you are my grief travel guide, walking a few steps ahead of me and clearing ...
    Posted to Grieving by PattiButterfield on May 14, 2009

  • Finitude

    FINITUDERobert D. StolorowIf we’re not self-lying,we’re always already dying.If we’re not self-deceiving,we’re always already grieving.The answer to the existential quiz?“Good-bye is all there is.”
    Posted to Grieving by Robert D. Stolorow on April 22, 2009

  • Always Grieving

    In my view, we NEVER ''recover'' from grief. We find a place for it in an expanded life. (See RD Stolorow, Trauma and Human Existence, Routledge, 2007.)
    Posted to Grieving by Robert D. Stolorow on April 21, 2009

  • Meghan's article on Grieving

    Meghan's article was beautiful and touching. She did a wonderful and loving job comforting her mother who was ready to leave and receive her reward in heaven. May her soul now rest in peace. Mary Jane Hurley Brant, M.S., CGP Author of When Every Day Matters: A Mother's Memoir on Love, Loss and Life Simple Abundance Press, Oct. 1, ...
    Posted to Grieving by Mary Jane Hurley Brant on April 20, 2009

  • The Fray

    A well written article. Frightening but true. My prayers go out to all of the suffering families involved. It's unbearable pain. May God help and comfort them during this anniversary time and every day thereafter. Mary Jane Hurley Brant, M.S., CGP Author of When Every Day Matters: A Mother's Memoir on Love, Loss and Life Simple Abundance ...
    Posted to Assessment by Mary Jane Hurley Brant on April 20, 2009
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