Grief Archives - Kimberly Hensle Lowrance

Grieving Mother’s Day

Kimberly Family May 6, 2016

Grieving Mother’s Day is a repost of an original piece I wrote for BlogHer.com. “Grief, when it comes, is nothing we expect it to be,” writes Joan Didion in her deeply felt memoir The Year of Magical Thinking. Her book chronicles the aftermath of her ...Read More

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Thoughts on Grief, Part 2: Christmas and Grief

Kimberly Family, Featured December 20, 2015

Thoughts on Grief, Part 1 can be found here. “I wish Grandma was alive for Christmas,” my son said. I looked up from checking his math homework. “I wish she was alive for every day,” I replied, reaching for his hand. And that’s grief: ...Read More

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5 Ways to Deal with Grief this Thanksgiving

Kimberly Uncategorized November 26, 2015

Readers of Red Shutters know that I am not enthusiastic about the holidays this year. But here I am on Thanksgiving Day, sitting in my mother-in-law’s living room, surrounded by part of my extended family. The holiday arrived, despite my fervent wish we could ...Read More

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Thoughts on Grief, Part 1

Kimberly Family November 6, 2015

Photo Credit Flecks of gray polish remain on two of my toenails. The rest of the polish has chipped off over the past nine weeks. I don’t want to take it off; the polish should stay there until it disappears all by itself. I ...Read More

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