Tag: Loss

Personal Essays

My Friend’s Horrible Death Taught Me Sharing Stories of Loss Eases Your Grief

Sharing grief lessens your suffering. Others have lost someone they love and are grieving a loss, too. This truth gives you something rare, something precious. You feel you’re not the only one who has lost someone they love. When my dear friend died of cancer two months ago, I longed for a space made for …

Personal Essays

7 Things I Learned From Watching My 32-Year-Old Friend Die With Regrets

“I regret not doing things I should have done in my 20s, Banchi.” My best friend whispered to me on her death bed. Her haunting words were her last words to me. I didn’t know that day would be the last time we would talk. I didn’t check on her the next day because I …