Breakups & Healing

10+ hour, 2+ min ago   (463+ words) At the base of Edgartown Lighthouse are 1,144 stones, each one engraved with the name of a child who died. For the past 25 years, loved ones have gathered on the beach for the Ceremony of Remembrance, a day to honor the…...

6+ hour, 12+ min ago   (283+ words) Today we’d like to introduce you to Deirdra Pettigrue. I’ve also found myself in the space of comparison; seeing colleagues who may have started around the same time as me, excelling. Or people just doing cool shit in general. Thankfully…...

12+ hour, 28+ min ago   (405+ words) Grief can affect children and adults after far more than the death of a loved one. Job loss, divorce, natural disasters, losing a home, injuries and other major life changes can all bring feelings of grief. Sarah Johns sits down…...

4+ hour, 37+ min ago   (42+ words) The Life I Gave Away I was too old, they said; I had indulged my ways for far too long it would always be the same. And I nearly bought it until the day he met …...

9+ hour, 33+ min ago   (540+ words) Hollywood actor and Christian Alan Ritchson, best l known for his lead and title character in the popular Amazon series "Reacher," announced that he and his wife, Catherine, are ending their marriage. The two had been married for 20 years. “After…...

5+ hour, 3+ min ago   (1464+ words) I think the heart of this essay is that David did not teach you that “nobody cares.” You still do not believe that. What he did was force you to examine whether there were places in you still grieving, still…...

6+ hour, 35+ min ago   (994+ words) I think we grieve things that never happened more than we admit. There are versions of our lives that exist only because, at some point, we believed they might happen. You can have an entire future in your head without…...

20+ hour, 27+ min ago   (74+ words) The date was October 9, 2009. A small, cute baby girl was born into a middle-class Muslim family. She was named Ashma. Everyone loved her…Continue reading on Medium » A Story Of Resilience, Heartbreak, and Finding Strength The date was October 9, 2009. A…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (240+ words) “Reacher” star Alan Ritchson took to social media this weekend to confirm his 20-year marriage is ending. “After twenty years together, Cat and I have decided to end our marriage and continue alongside one another in a different way,” he…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (828+ words) When Jim Rogers was diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer’s at 55, it was far from the first time his family had been forced to face the unimaginable. Years earlier, Jim had been left to raise his three young children alone following the…...