Slow down, think about what happened between two events. Don’t just focus on the trauma of an event, or where you are now. Evaluate all the shifting sands between that then and now. Write about these sands-capes as they are some of the most important paths we walk.
Grounding Grief as Memory
Memory changes its character once death claims a person or people with whom a memory was shared. Grieving individuals or families tell stories about the deceased to solidify and reinforce a narrative of the dying or dead person. As someone is dying, or after someone in the family dies, a consensually created memory emerges. Sometimes […]