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The Hidden Sorrow of Mother’s Day
Our mothers and our children will always be part of our lives, in life and death. Surprisingly, grief does not dominate our existence, it informs it.
Shakespeare’s Grief
After a pandemic took his son, the Bard would never be the same
Facing Loss with Job and Faust
“Adonai has compassion,” sang the psalmist, “for he understands how we are made, he remembers that we are dust.” Perhaps in our dust of grief, we see clearly for the…
A Really Real God
If an invisible world is a reality, then a creator is probable, as the deists suggest, and perhaps even plausible. God may well be really real, just as I had…
Eisenhower’s Grief
Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower found solace in their dead son’s favorite color
Twenty Years with Philip
The difference a pen pal can make
Roosevelt’s Grief
Theodore Roosevelt never recovered from the loss of his son in WWI
The Hidden Sorrow of Valentine’s Day
Surviving the holiday without our loved ones