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Thoughtful articles and reflections on grief, healing, growth, and finding meaning after loss.

Text graphic: Apparently, if you don't talk about death, it gets confused and skips your house
July 2026

Apparently, If You Don't Talk About Death, It Gets Confused and Skips Your House.

Talking about death won't make it happen. But it can make one of the hardest days your family will ever face just a little less overwhelming.

By This Thing Called Grief

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Illustration of a woman carrying stones labelled with world problems, representing compassion fatigue
July 2026

The Weight We Were Never Meant to Carry

Our hearts were never designed to carry the grief of the entire world all at once. Compassion is a beautiful thing, but compassion without boundaries becomes exhaustion.

By This Thing Called Grief

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Person sitting quietly representing the impact of words on trust in grief
June 2026

Grief, Trust, and a Four-Letter Word

Most people genuinely want to help when someone is grieving. They want to lessen the pain. They want to fix what cannot be fixed. And just like that, trust begins to crack.

By This Thing Called Grief

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Man sitting alone struggling with ambiguous loss and estrangement
June 2026

That's a Them Problem

Some of the deepest grief we experience is for people who are still alive. How much sleep have you lost trying to understand what you did wrong?

By This Thing Called Grief

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Young woman packing moving boxes representing the grief of a child moving out
June 2026

Grateful Goodbye: A Mother's Perspective on Moving Out

I am sitting in my daughter's room, staring at the bare walls where all the posters she loved once hung. Her belongings sit packed neatly in boxes, and I am hit with a wave of sadness I wasn't quite prepared for.

By This Thing Called Grief

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