The Five Stages of Grief: Do they still apply, and to whom?
Grief descends on anyone who is facing loss. We most often think first of a person who has lost a loved one to death, but grief does not...
A mourning ritual from another culture, another time
Humans in every culture, in every time have found their ways to grieve. On a trip to New Zealand, I discovered one that was brought...
Facing Fathers Day without a father
Father’s Day does not mean the same thing to everyone. The first time I ever paid attention to it was in 4th grade. Before that, lacking...
Who are the Grief Police and how can you resist arrest?
Little-known fact: The Five Stages of grief are the source of almost-fifty years worth of conventional wisdom about grief. But they were...
