Posts Tagged ‘death’
The Mourning After, Part II: Grieving a Disturbed or Absent Mother’s Death
When your mother dies before you have a chance to heal from the wounds of childhood, it feels far from a short-lived and surmountable bereavement. You can feel sucked into a depression that seems endless and repeating, and hard to shake. In every new relationship or opportunity, there always seems to be something missing. You…
The Mourning After, Part I: Grief after Mother’s Day
If you’ve read any of my previous writing, you will know I have a great reverence for the unconscious. It shows up again today, having accidentally chosen May 9, 2016, as my publication date – the day after Mother’s Day. This may seem on the surface to have all the depth of a Hallmark card,…
Flirting to Stay Alive!
Faced with the mortality of someone we love, or in the face of ongoing and imminent grief, sometimes, we learn to cope by flirting…with life.