Goodbye (God be with ye)

Saying goodbye to someone you love is a pure blessing because you get the chance to say the three most important things at the end of someone’s life: I’m sorry/I forgive you, Thank you, and I love you. It acknowledges that your loved one is dying and that their earthly time is ending soon.

A woman prays in a hospital room beside a man with an IV in his arm.

The Final Exam of Grief

I am currently working on a final exam of grief. The teacher is always silent during the final exam. As a teacher, I know this well. When your students write an exam, your teaching is done and you hope you have prepared your students well for the exam. And then you get to mark them […]

supportive hands comforting a grieving person