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Grief

We will all have to grieve at some time in our lives.  Whether it’s because of death or another terrible sort of loss.  Here the words of Rachel Marie Hauser from Stitched in Color, whose baby died recently. Her words speak volumes, her ‘tutorial’ is heartfelt and told with love.   “how to grieve {a tutorial} *Spend lots of time alone. Alone is the best way to cry, to sob your heart out focused entirely on your loss, to heave,…

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A Eulogy

Aaron Freeman, a writer and performer, told us the kind of eulogy he’d want at his funeral.  I love the reminder that nothing is permanent except energy.  Carl Sagan said “The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”  This piece tells the same story.   “You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You…

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