“Grief doesn’t change you. It reveals you.” – John Green I recently devoured an amazing book about grief called FINDING MEANING: The Sixth Stage of Grief, by David [...]
After my husband Peter died almost five years ago, I no longer saw the world in color. I saw only shades of gray, as if I was in an old-fashioned black-and-white movie. Color and more [...]
When my husband Peter died over four years ago, I was cloaked in a shroud of grief. Grief surely defined me in every aspect of my life. I was “the widow Grad.” I submissively [...]
It boggles my mind that my husband Peter died over four years ago. On one hand it seems like it happened just yesterday. On the other hand, it seems like it was a lifetime ago. [...]
Laurie Burrows Grad, 75, sits down to a roasted chicken dinner in her Los Angeles home. A cookbook author, she included nine recipes with advice on cooking for one in the book she wrote after her [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yo3v3h2g0Y sung by the fabulous Eartha Kitt Since I moved into my new condo, I have been roaming around the house quite contentedly. But the other [...]
“When you can’t look on the bright side, I will sit with you in the dark.” Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland After my husband died four years ago, I realized that my ringtone from Spamalot, [...]
“At some point you just have to let go of what you thought should happen and live in what is happening.” – Heather Hepler When grief hits, all control flies out the window. When my [...]
My husband Peter died four years ago. How can that be? Four years and counting; treading steadily through the muck of grief. Even though it seems like a long slog, when I look back at [...]
