Grief - The Cut

first person 9/20/2018

Our Sister BeckyWhat if the doctors had listened to her?

By Kate Beaton

it's complicated 8/30/2018

How Soon After Widowhood Can You Feel Good Again?Relearning sex, and love, in the aftermath of my husband’s death.

By Rachel Zimmerman

first person 7/1/2018

Novelist Deborah Levy Remembers Her Fearless Mother’s Last DaysIn this excerpt from her new memoir, The Cost of Living, Deborah Levy recounts her fearless mother’s life and death.

By Deborah Levy

it's complicated 6/28/2018

The Strangeness of Dating Again After My Dad’s DeathMourning my dad made all the normal preoccupations of having a crush suddenly feel ridiculous.

By Aileen Comer

modern love 6/15/2018

Read This and Cry … It’s FridayThe widower of the woman who wrote a viral Modern Love essay about her terminal illness has written a follow-up reflecting on his grief.

By Madeleine Aggeler

first person 5/23/2018

Mourning My Mother Through the Bags She Left BehindMy style turned out to be not so different from hers.

By Kristen Martin

science of us 3/21/2018

The Complicated Grief That Comes With Being a Burglary VictimLosing the heirlooms my aunt had left for me felt like losing her all over again.

By Luisa Rollenhagen

science of us 3/19/2018

The Strange Pregnancy Fact That Helped Me Mourn My Fiancé’s DeathI’d lost the pregnancy, too, but microchimerism — when a mother absorbs a fetus’s DNA — still felt like the perfect metaphor.

By Shannon Leone Fowler

science of us 11/9/2017

The Grief Counselor Helping People Mourn Their Pets“Because animals are thought to be replaceable, people say, ‘Well, you can solve this problem. Just go get another one.’”

By Stephanie LaFarge as told to Roni Jacobson

books 5/19/2017

Sheryl Sandberg’s Impossible PositionWhat her new book shows us about being a woman in the public eye.

By Heather Havrilesky

4/28/2017

Become More Resilient by Learning to Take Joy SeriouslyTalking to Adam Grant about his new book, Option B, which he wrote with Sheryl Sandberg after her husband’s death.

By Brad Stulberg

keeping up with the royals 4/17/2017

Prince Harry Reveals He Sought a Therapist to Cope With Princess Diana’s Death“I have probably been very close to a complete breakdown on numerous occasions.”

By Lisa Ryan

advice 2/9/2017

How to Help a Friend Who’s Going Through Something HorribleIf you think you don’t need this book, you probably do.

By Alex Ronan

mothers day 2016 5/6/2016

How a Man Treats His Mother Tells You Everything You Need to KnowThe good, the bad, and the unbelievably beautiful.

By Mandy Stadtmiller

mothers and daughters 5/4/2016

What I Learned From Losing My Mother When I Was 17“I know mothers can cause people problems. But it’s hard to listen to people’s bellyaches about how terrible their mother is.”

As told to Alexa Tsoulis-Reay

truth in beauty 3/25/2016

Spas Aren’t Only About Beauty, Vanity, or Fun. They’re Also About Grief.Bathed in tears, we all found relief.

By Linda Wells

in memoriam 6/3/2015

Sheryl Sandberg Shares What She’s Learned After Her Husband’s Death“I gained a more profound understanding of what it is to be a mother,” she wrote in a Facebook post today.

By Erica Schwiegershausen

10/24/2014

What to Say to a Grieving FriendDon’t be afraid to use the name of the person who’s died.

By Melissa Dahl