There are several good websites online which provide forums for mourners to meet, talk, and share. One I really appreciate is Open to Hope – it offers a wide variety of writers who talk about their different forms of grief openly and honestly.

Sometimes it’s not easy to read, and sometimes it’s life changing. Sometimes it’s a good place to go and think, “oh yeah, I know that feeling.” We need that, if only so we know that we are not crazy.

I’m fortunate that Open to Hope has offered to let me write for them. It’s a “pro bono” gig, as they say, and that’s fine. It’s just opening myself up to a wider audience, in hopes that what I have to say helps other people. My first article went up earlier this month, and the comments I’ve received for it are heartfelt and heartbreaking.

That post was a re-write of something I posted here, but future columns will be original essays. Here’s the link to my first post there: Walking Backwards into the Future.

You can keep up with my writings there by checking my Bio Page there, although I will also post links here when the new columns go up.

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