Processing my father's death by climbing in his footsteps(nytimes.com)
8 points by elemeno | 0 comments
A New York Times Magazine interactive essay about a writer processing their father's death by climbing a Yosemite route he once climbed.
#grief on Hacker News
13 stories tagged grief, newest first.
Beyond the Glass(longreads.com)
19 points by Petiver | 3 comments
A Longreads personal essay by Daniel Barnum about a grieving son finding meaning among a museum collection of skulls after his mother's death.
After my dad died, we found the love letters(jenn.site)
854 points by eatitraw | 389 comments
A personal blog essay on Jenneral HQ about discovering love letters among the author's late father's belongings and reflecting on her parents' arranged marriage.
My dad could still be alive, but he's not(jenn.site)
324 points by DustinEchoes | 218 comments
A personal blog post about the author's father dying of a first heart attack shortly after his 57th birthday, reflecting on how he could have survived.
Grief gets an expiration date, just like us(bessstillman.substack.com)
427 points by LaurenSerino | 200 comments
A Substack personal essay by Bess Stillman about grieving her husband Jake a year after his death and how society expects grief to expire.
A decade later, a decade lost (2024)(meyerweb.com)
503 points by ZeWaka | 151 comments
Eric Meyer's personal blog post reflecting on the tenth anniversary of his daughter Rebecca's death on what would have been her sixteenth birthday.
The year I didn't survive(bessstillman.substack.com)
856 points by LaurenSerino | 220 comments
Personal essay by Bess Stillman on how her husband's death from cancer and the birth of her daughter in the same year transformed her brain, body, and sense of self.
Always go to the funeral (2005)(npr.org)
462 points by NaOH | 268 comments
A 2005 NPR "This I Believe" essay by Deirdre Sullivan about her father's lesson to always attend funerals, aired on All Things Considered.
Leaving and Waving(deannadikeman.com)
565 points by Duke_Pixie | 85 comments
Photographer Deanna Dikeman's series of photos taken over 27 years of her parents waving goodbye as she drove away from their Sioux City, Iowa home.
No Salt(jakeseliger.com)
459 points by jdkee | 147 comments
A blog post on Jake Seliger's site, written by his brother Sam, about arriving in Arizona as Jake nears death from cancer and handling end-of-life arrangements.
After my dad died, I ran and sold his company (2018)(anandsanwal.me)
747 points by ziptron | 104 comments
Personal blog post by Anand Sanwal recounting how he ran and sold his late father's chemical manufacturing company in Nasik, India, as a guide for others.
I love my wife. My wife is dead (1946)(lettersofnote.com)
400 points by tu7001 | 115 comments
Letters of Note post presenting Richard Feynman's 1946 letter to his late wife Arline, written about two years after her death.
Losing my son(fortressofdoors.com)
2307 points by lukeplato | 367 comments
A personal essay by Lars Doucet on his Fortress of Doors blog about the loss of his son.