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This is 40

March 21, 2023 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 2 Comments

I can’t say, “Has it been forty years already?” because when someone you love dies, even a day without them is a lifetime.

“Where were the adults?”: A 2023 Perspective on 1983

March 6, 2023 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 3 Comments

“Where were the adults?” they asked. “Why did no one take care of you?”

Grief Talk: Acknowledging the Date(s) (part 2)

September 28, 2022 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 1 Comment

Readers Respond: So many unique and inspiring ways to remember our loved ones.

Grieving Our Bodies

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 12 Comments

I came to understand that my desire for my body to be something different was a form of grief.

Grief Talk: Acknowledging the Date(s) (part 1)

September 6, 2022 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 11 Comments

On April 5, the first anniversary of my dad's death, I ate a tin of kippers for breakfast. He loved kippers on saltines. I'm curious how (or if) you mark the date of death and birthday of a loved one. Are there traditions you've established or have considered establishing? How do you think about or … Continue reading Grief Talk: Acknowledging the Date(s) (part 1)

In Honor of Nat’l Grief Awareness Day (an announcement)

August 30, 2022 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 8 Comments

My book, An Obesity of Grief: A Memoir, will be published in June 2023!

At the Copa, Lola Was so Much More than a Showgirl

August 18, 2022September 29, 2022 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 12 Comments

I say we take a second look at Lola. A compassionate rethink of what her story really is.

Grandma Grief

August 9, 2022 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 6 Comments

I’ll be 59 in a few days, and I can say, without a doubt, that I’ve lived a very different life in 59 years than my grandmother did.

“Grief Light”

July 26, 2022 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ Leave a comment

There is no place in grief for reminders of what could be, if only they'd....

Grief Talk Tuesday: Treat My Urn Like the Stanley Cup

May 10, 2022 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 2 Comments

There was a sense of urgency about the way mini waterfalls and rapids formed in the otherwise docile water. Its beauty—flowing at the foot of a bucolic green hillside dotted with dandelions—reminded me how the moments I love most are fleeting...

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"This is a story that anyone who has known long-term grief will hold tight to their heart." Diane Zinna, author of The The All-Night Sun and Letting Grief Speak: Writing Portals for Life After Loss

For more than 25 years, I've been writing about love, change, grief, and (occasionally) politics, trusting that there is more that unites than divides us. When I address weight-ish issues these days, it’s through a different lens than when I wrote my Lynn’s Weigh blog (2005-2015). May it–and my scale–rest in peace. I was 33 and blond when I started my writing career. Now, 58 and gray,  I feel like (with apologies to The Carpenters) I’ve only just begun to live…and write.

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