Announcing the closing of our Grief Healing Discussion Groups , effective January 1, 2025 To all those who visit our Grief Healing Discussio...

There are] two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.   ~ Edwin Arlington R...

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.   ~ Henry Ford A reader writes:   I lost my husband from a cancer. He was a fi...

Much like suicide grief, there is a complexity in overdose deaths in that people feel like the death was somehow preventable.   ~ Litsa Will...

Find the latest version of this post here: Anticipatory Grief: Staying Present When Loss Is Inevitable A reader writes:   My husband has adv...

A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired...

[Reviewed and updated July 24, 2022 ] If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.  ~ Friedrich Nietzs...

Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child.  ~  Phyllis McGinley A reader wr...

Sometimes too late is just in time.   ~ C.J. Carlyon A reader writes: I wrote to you a while ago about the loss of my dad in an accid...

Find an updated version of this post here:  Pet Loss: Grateful for Comfort and Kinship in Grief A reader writes: Dear Marty, I want to expre...

[Reviewed and updated May 18, 2025 ] My grief lies all within, and these external manners of lament are merely shadows to the unseen grie...

Best selections from  Grief Healing's Twitter stream  this week: Artifacts by Mark Liebenow,  http://j.mp/2tMwi7t  «  Hippocampus Ma...

[Reviewed and updated September 8, 2019 ] If the only prayer you say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.   ~ Meister ...

Best selections from  Grief Healing's Twitter stream  this week: “Closure” by Kelly Farley, http://j.mp/2wxsWb5  « Grieving Dads Gri...

Certificate of Compliance Updated September 22, 2020 I am pleased to report that both the  Grief Healing Blog and the  Grief Heali...

I am pleased to report that for the sixth straight year, both the  Grief Healing Blog and the  Grief Healing Discussion Groups website...

Find the latest version of this post here: When Hospice Care Fails to Meet Caregiver's Expectations A reader writes: I lost my husban...

Source [Reviewed and updated August 24, 2026] A reader writes:   My husband died on a hospice service six weeks ago. I feel very comf...

Find the updated version of this post here: In Grief: Staying Present in the Face of Inevitable Loss A reader writes: My husband has advan...

I am delighted to announce the appointment of Mary Friedel-Hunt, MA, LCSW to assist me in administering and moderating our online Grief H...