Use these sympathy poems in cards, messages, texts, or other ways to support a grieving friend or family member. Turn to ...

When unexpected death enters our world, we are caught off-guard and unprepared for the intense loss and agonizing pain. We did not get to say good-by to our loved one. In a mere second of time our ...

On being still alive, the half-life of grief, and how the parents left us Jesse Lee Kercheval's new poetry collection, 'I Want to Tell You,' releases on Jan. 31.

Parents, remember: Your parents grieve twice. Once for your loss and once for their loved one. So, be kind to them as well as your children, and most of all, be kind and patient with yourself.

Thought at first that grief had brought him down. His wife dead, his own hand dug the grave under a willow oak, in family ground — he got home sick, was dead when morning came.

The death of a parent can send shock waves through your self-perception and reposition the mental space you occupy on the planet. The grief can be life changing. Think you’re noticing a higher ...

Christy Streeter founded Parents Grieving Together 4 months after she moved to the Coastal Bend. In that short time, more than 400 grieving parents have reached out.

Dan Chelotti’s poem “Grieving in the Modern World,” was published in his first book of poetry, “x,” published by McSweeney’s. Read the text of the poem below. We caught up with poet ...

Readers discuss how losing a parent changed their lives and continues to affect them. To the Editor: Re “No Quick Fix for Childhood Grief” (Op-Ed, Aug. 26): I read Hope Edelman’s article on ...