Grief is a gift," author Tim P. Vanduivendyk shared his own experiences of years of counseling the grief-stricken with participants at a recent workshop held at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital ...

A principal irony of our coordinated quarantine is that now, more than ever, we desperately need community. This is a significant, though secondary tragedy inflicted on a nation holed up, waiting with ...

I was told that I have survivors' guilt after seeing a friend while she was actively dying from cancer, but I actually see that day as a gift. Many years ago, I recall sitting in the living room of a ...

I’m at a loss as to whether to say something like, “Our memorial must have gotten lost in the mail, but this is what we did,” ...

"Lean into the grief." Those were the words of advice from my newsroom manager at WRAL TV, after my beloved mother died seven years ago. “Lean into the grief.” Those were the words of advice from my ...

Current circumstances make losing a loved one even more complicated and isolating than usual. Those experiencing loss right now have the added burdens of not being able to say a proper goodbye at the ...

ST. GEORGE, Utah — Tifiny Rose’s son, Aiden, couldn’t speak, but his mom said she still knew he loved her. "Just with the look in his eyes, his gestures, his smile, his sparkle in his eyes," she ...

When I read that almost seventy percent of people who lose their spouses will die from Broken Heart Syndrome within a year, I was not surprised. I was thrilled, until I looked at Puppy, snoozing ...