The Grace of Phantom Pain
Comparing the continuing presence of a dead loved one to a phantom limb is more than metaphor: it’s a transformative experience.
As Grief Metaphors Go, Godzilla Is Better than Most
When this allegorical behemoth lumbers through our lives, we are helpless in the wake of its devastation.
A Separate Bargain: How Grief Is an Act of Love
How many parents, driven to despair, have offered their lives to God or the devil if only their child could survive?
How Christians Deal with the Loss of Time
Why do I feel a jot of sadness when I drive past the cornfield that now occupies the space where my childhood home once stood?
Child of My Sorrow: An Exercise in Sadness by The Chairman Dances
With lush arrangements featuring everything from piano to saxophone to perfectly paced percussion, the sonic experience of Child of My Sorrow is, well, fun.
‘Sit with Me’: Currents of Grief in Wind River
When systems have failed and injustice abounds, will I turn away from those left in the wake of grief, unable to abide their pain if I cannot fix it, or will I offer them my presence, quiet and alongside?
Mount Eerie’s A Crow Looked at Me Confronts the Horror of Death
After all, grief isn’t rational or given to nice, neat organization.
