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What Happens When We Miss Grief on Campus

by Rebecca Soffer

Grief doesn't wait for graduation. UGrieve helps students and faculty support each other through loss.

Retro 16-bit pixel art illustration of three small propeller planes flying across a bright blue sky in warm late-afternoon light. Two planes remain side by side in formation while a third pulls ahead and climbs toward the upper right, leaving a faint white trail behind. Bare winter trees line the bottom edge of the wide image, creating a quiet, nostalgic scene inspired by 1990s flight simulator video games.

I Accidentally Sent a GIF to My Dead Friend’s Sister

by Gregory Levey

He would have found it hilarious. That's the thing about losing someone who knew you that well.

Two masculine hands reach toward one another without touching, their fingertips separated by a small gap against a luminous sky that fades from cool blue to warm gold. The left hand softly dissolves into glowing particles, while the right hand remains solid and warmly lit, evoking connection, loss, and remembrance.

I Could Bring My Father Back as a Deadbot. I’d Rather Miss Him.

by Barrie Kreinik

What the AI afterlife industry gets wrong about grief.

‘Was She Sick?’

Depression killed my innately joyful sister. When people ask how she died, this is how I respond.

12 Diverse YA Books That Taught Me About Grief

by Alica Forneret

I turned to the genre for a distraction and got so much more.

Grief Is My Neurodivergence

by Elizabeth Kopple

I had trouble relating to my son's ADHD – until my muddled mind schooled me after his sudden death.

The Upside of Anger

by Ilina Dimovska

After my mom’s death, I learned to use my all-encompassing anger as a force for good.

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Giving Birth at the Age Mom Died by Anna Whiston-Donaldson November 18, 2015 I had my children young, keeping in mind that my own mother died 46. Now I’m 46, missing my mother, grieving my 12-year-old son, and also happily, unexpectedly pregnant.
‘Smad’ and Other Words Born of Grief by Fernanda Santos December 3, 2018 In the year since my husband died, there have been many lessons — and a few new vocabulary words.
The 9 Things No One Tells You About Scattering Ashes by Tré Miller Rodríguez May 2, 2014 Nine things no one tells you about scattering ashes.
What I Did With My Husband’s Life Insurance Money by Leslie Gray Streeter April 30, 2018 During the rawest moments of my grief, what I bought helped me breathe easier.
A Year of Grief, 15 Seconds at a Time by Ryan Langer December 12, 2018 After my dad's murder, Instagram served as both my grief counselor and a surprising professional outlet.
He’s Dead, But He’s No Saint by Robyn Woodman November 22, 2015 My husband cheated on me again and again — but people give him a pass because he died in a tragic Thanksgiving Day scuba accident.
Are You My Papi? by Mathew Rodriguez June 15, 2015 As a young man, I lost my father to AIDS-related illness. Now I search for echoes of him in the men I choose to love.

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