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Friday July 30,2010

Healing Grief

by Mark Holofcener

“Grieving in a way represents the final stages of one part of our lives, and at the same time signals the start of a new beginning. Grieving allows us to cleanse ourselves so that we can start a new part of our journey refreshed, energized, and a little bit wiser.

They Ask What It Is Like

by Scott Mastley

After Chris' death I shared an apartment with a friend. On Chris' birthday my roommate asked me how I was doing. I said that the day was tolerable, that I was doing OK. He said that he didn't want to remind me of it by bringing it up. I told him I was thankful that he had asked about my day. I needed a friend to care. No one besides my parents was talking to me about Chris. When I asked my roommate if our friends ever said anything about Chris' death or about my family, he said, "They ask what it's like to live with you."