List: Grief | Curated by Heather McLeod

Aug 29, 2021
19 stories
Grief
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Coming (back) to my sensesAfter living without smell or taste for six years
Aug 27, 2021
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Aug 27, 2021
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Memoir, misery lit or clickbait?That time my story was butchered on a podcast
Aug 17, 2021
Aug 17, 2021
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It’s okay to not “get over” your griefThoughts from a widow of four years
Aug 11, 2021
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Aug 11, 2021
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P.S. I Love You
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When We Discover the “Why” of CancerMy son might inherit the cancer that killed his dad
Dec 12, 2020
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Dec 12, 2020
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About Me Stories
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About Me — Heather McLeodEx-farmer, mom, widow & mystery writer
Dec 11, 2020
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Dec 11, 2020
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Human Parts
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How to Support Your Dying Loved OneI watched my husband go through different stages. Here’s what to expect.
Nov 4, 2020
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Nov 4, 2020
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Invisible Illness
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Heather McLeod
5 Tips for Living in LimboHow to survive & thrive with an uncertain future
Apr 20, 2020
Apr 20, 2020
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Dear In-laws: Meet My BoyfriendWhy it took 6 months to tell my in-laws I was dating.
Mar 13, 2020
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Mar 13, 2020
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Human Parts
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How to Comfort a Grieving FriendAfter my husband died, I learned there is no one-size-fits-all approach
Nov 17, 2019
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Nov 17, 2019
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The Right Way to GrieveIt’s been a month since my husband died, and I’m still locked in this weird, self-conscious state of shock/numbness.
Sep 25, 2019
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Sep 25, 2019
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P.S. I Love You
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“What am I not willing to feel?”When and why do we put walls up around our hearts?
Sep 5, 2019
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Sep 5, 2019
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Grief at the Grocery StoreWhen food is part of the grieving process
Aug 7, 2019
Aug 7, 2019
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Avengers: Endgame & GriefHow the latest Marvel blockbuster inspires conversations on death and grief.
May 17, 2019
May 17, 2019
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Human Parts
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When There Is No Future, Live for The PresentSome achieve mindfulness through meditation or yoga. For me, it was farming and loving a man with cancer.
May 3, 2019
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May 3, 2019
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P.S. I Love You
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When the Widow Starts to DateStarting a new relationship after your spouse dies can stir up a shit storm of feelings.
Dec 12, 2018
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Dec 12, 2018
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Grieving With a Kid in TowWhen the poison is the medicine.
Nov 14, 2018
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Nov 14, 2018
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Human Parts
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How Brains Process the Death of a Loved OneThat brain fog happens for a reason
Nov 9, 2018
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Nov 9, 2018
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In Sickness and In HealthSupporting my husband in his last year of life.
Nov 3, 2018
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Nov 3, 2018
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Human Parts
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Talking About His Daddy’s DeathI’ve been preparing my four-year-old son for his daddy to die for months now.
Oct 31, 2018
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Oct 31, 2018
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