List: Grief | Curated by Margie Hord de Mendez

Jul 4, 2024
13 stories
GriefReflections, stories and poems related to grief and grieving.
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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age
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Margie Hord de Mendez
Eating Alone AgainWe went from eating as a couple to doing so as three hungry people, to four, then gradually back to two as the kids flew the nest. As many…
Nov 2, 2023
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Nov 2, 2023
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Koinonia
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Margie Hord de Mendez
The House of MourningWhat’s good about funerals?
Apr 23, 2024
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Apr 23, 2024
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Growing Grief
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Margie Hord de Mendez
Finding Happiness after Grief and Loss of PurposeReflections on the Movie A Man Called Otto
May 3, 2024
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May 3, 2024
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Faith Hacking
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Margie Hord de Mendez
From Mourning to the Morning Light“O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?” These words came to mind as the sun and wind caressed me there in the…
Apr 25, 2018
Apr 25, 2018
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Growing Grief
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Margie Hord de Mendez
Permission to DiePlease Tell Us How Long We Have!
May 26, 2021
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May 26, 2021
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Margie Hord de Mendez
March 21st, 2020: Why Didn’t You Let Me Know?But thanks for the lessons from lockdown
Mar 19, 2022
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Mar 19, 2022
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Growing Grief
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Margie Hord de Mendez
Leftovers of a LifePoem
Mar 2, 2022
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Mar 2, 2022
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Tell Your Story
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Margie Hord de Mendez
A Widow’s Walk in COVID TimesThe alarm sounds and drags me up to turn it off. I try to resist the temptation to check my messages, as they are sure to postpone my walk…
Jun 30, 2022
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Jun 30, 2022
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Growing Grief
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Margie Hord de Mendez
Heading SeawardA story of anticipatory grief
Nov 9, 2022
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Nov 9, 2022
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Margie Hord de Mendez
Gone but Still PresentYou’ve lost a loved one: a parent, a spouse, a child. A huge hole seems to have been gouged out in your heart. Their absence is…
Aug 4, 2019
Aug 4, 2019
Margie Hord de Mendez
Lo prometido es deuda: Aniversario número 40… sin él“Nuestro amor imposible” (como escribo en otra parte) siempre se logró, y el 14 de febrero de 1981 nos casamos. Antes de que cumpliéramos…
Feb 15, 2021
Feb 15, 2021
Margie Hord de Mendez
Perhaps He Realized He Was Leaving Me SoonMaybe he realized he was leaving me soon. Maybe he suffered more pain than he let on, or more desperation as he tried to breathe. Maybe he…
Jun 28, 2021
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Jun 28, 2021
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Growing Grief
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Margie Hord de Mendez
This DayA poem
Oct 24, 2021
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Oct 24, 2021
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