After my mother died at the age of 55, in 2008, I wrote a book about mourning. I read through scholarly texts and novels and poems that touched explicitly on grief. In the process, I learned how physical it is, causing changes in cortisol levels, memory, sleep, and appetite; leaving the mourner exhausted, scattered, struggling […]
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Hallelujah Anyway, Anne Lamott, pp. 96-97 I’ve lived through times when a connected group of humans in grief and shock stayed together as things unscrolled, when a person was dying too young. Or after. What could we do? We showed up. When our best friends’ teenagers disappeared. When their fathers lost their minds. Or their […]
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Mr Rogers’ mother re: scary things in the news: “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” Anthony BreznicanVerified account @Breznican 22 May 2017 Anthony Breznican Retweeted Dr. Paul 50 years … I have a story to tell about this man. Anthony Breznican added, Dr. Paul @DrPnygard On this day in 1967, a […]
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