Grief

Why So Many Long-Married Couples Die Close Together

While death rarely brings pleasant feelings, from time to time we’ll see a story about death go viral on the Internet because...

Many caregivers watch their loved ones endure a long, slow decline that will eventually end in death. As they age, we grieve...

We’ve all heard that we must first learn to love ourselves before we can love others. Yet, many of us have grown...

Traditional marriage vows generally contain the words “through sickness and in health.” For some couples, chronic sickness in the form of a...

Many of us feel honored to provide care for our aging parents or ill spouses, but this honor can also present serious...

Jen has been caring for her parents for almost two years and she is quickly approaching caregiver burnout. A close friend booked...

When the paperwork was finally signed to get hospice care for my dad, I was grateful. There would now be a routine...

Long-term marriages generally evolve into a support system so efficient that even adult children hardly notice changes in their parents. If Dad’s...

When my mother died in a local nursing home, my “career” of visiting this exceptional facility nearly every day for almost 15...

Dear Carol: I’m a 43-year-old woman, married with two kids in middle school. We’re grieving my mother’s recent death and trying to...