[T]hat a man might actually feel a profound emotional connection to his unborn child as it lives—or dies—inside someone else’s body is not a truth we’re especially comfortable with.“My body, my choice,” the longtime rallying cry of abortion rights advocates, emphasizes exactly whose body and whose choice it isn’t. In the public imagination, men’s feelings on this topic are of no consequence; some find it inconceivable that they even have feelings at all. The Men Who Lost Their Babies « The FreePress
That weekend I sat on my sofa with a yellow legal pad (before computers) and wrote what I wanted families and caregivers to know about the natural dying process. I knew it had to be short... “That weekend was the birth of Gone From My Sight” « BarbaraKarnes, RN
Google ‘therapeutic writing’, ‘healing through writing’, ‘does journaling help’, and ‘writing and grief’ and you will see that the written word is a tried and true tool for helping people heal from emotional, stressful and traumatic events. There’s just something about getting things down on paper. Valentine's Day: Healing Through Writing Letters « AfterTalk
Suzy Hopkins’ life was suddenly turned upside down. After 30 years of marriage, her husband unexpectedly left her to get back together with a former girlfriend, who also happened to be a marriage counselor. Hopkins grappled with a roller coaster of emotions — disbelief, sadness, anger and confusion. After a breakup, these tips might help you 'unbreak' your heart « CNN
In soothingly serifed fonts and tasteful colour palettes that are muted but never sombre, Untangle and a number of other new "grief apps", including DayNew and Empathy, seek to remake mourning for the modern era. They have the potential to democratise access to support that can otherwise be hard to find. But in doing so, privacy experts say these apps are introducing corporate technology – and all the problems of the digital age – into the vulnerability of grief. 'This app became my best friend': Mourning is human. New grief apps want to 'optimise' it for you « BBC
They're the possessions that tell your story: the photos of old friends and relatives. The ring your mom left you. The hand-knit Christmas stockings. Your grandfather's secretary desk and the letters inside. When disasters strike, these artifacts of your own rich history might be the toughest belongings to lose. How to cope when disasters strip away photos, heirlooms and other pieces of the past « WGAU
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