By Joseph Donahue — 2009
Agha Shahid Ali’s poems are charmed whispers that can console and devastate
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"But now we’re asked — and sometimes forced — to carry grief as a solitary burden. And the psyche knows we are not capable of handling grief in isolation." - Francis Weller
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Learning to live with grief and loneliness after the death of a spouse.
After my husband died, a silly catchphrase became a lifeline for me. Instead of wishing for a reality I couldn’t have, I embraced the circumstances I was dealt.
Death, regardless of the details, is capable of devastating those it leaves behind. Brother, sister, son, daughter, mother, or father – all losses are significant.
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“Loss is simply what happens to you in life. Meaning is what you make happen,” the author of a new book says.