After all dying is one of the most profound and difficult experiences we have. — Meghan O'Rourke Death Copy Share Image
I'm not much like my mother; that role falls to my brothers, who have more of her blithe and freewheeling spirit. — Meghan O'Rourke Blithe Copy Share Image
A mother is beyond any notion of a beginning. That's what makes her a mother. — Meghan O'Rourke Birth Copy Share Image
“Nothing prepared me for the loss of my mother. Even knowing that she would die did not prepare me. A mother, after… — Meghan O'Rourke Life Copy Share Image
Funerals cost so much money, and are likely to be an additional source of stress in this recession - it's sad that… — Meghan O'Rourke Approach Copy Share Image
A death from a long illness is very different from a sudden death. It gives you time to say goodbye and time… — Meghan O'Rourke Beloved Copy Share Image
With ferocity and extraordinary craft, Lizzie Harris has made a book of poems that resonates far beyond the personal stories it tells.… — Meghan O'Rourke Awareness Copy Share Image
But there is a discomfort that surrounds grief. It makes even the most well-intentioned people unsure of what to say. And so… — Meghan O'Rourke Death Copy Share Image
Relationships take up energy; letting go of them, psychiatrists theorize, entails mental work. When you lose someone you were close to, you… — Meghan O'Rourke Death Copy Share Image
It's all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more… — Meghan O'Rourke Celebrate Copy Share Image
Grief is a bad moon, a sleeper wave. It's like having an inner combatant, a saboteur who, at the slightest change in… — Meghan O'Rourke Change Copy Share Image
There is no single way of grieving. But research suggests that there are some broad similarities among grievers. — Meghan O'Rourke Broads Copy Share Image
My mother never liked Mother's Day. She thought it was a fake holiday dreamed up by Hallmark to commodify deep sentiments that… — Meghan O'Rourke Cards Copy Share Image
One word I had throughout the first year and a half of my mother's death was 'unmoored.' I felt that I had… — Meghan O'Rourke Anchors Copy Share Image
The truth is, I need to experience my mother's presence in the world around me and not just in my head. — Meghan O'Rourke Mother Copy Share Image
While I did a lot of research, I ended up feeling that the best way to write about grief was to describe… — Meghan O'Rourke Best way Copy Share Image
One of the ideas I've clung to most of my life is that if I just try hard enough it will work… — Meghan O'Rourke Enough Copy Share Image
I was not raised with religion, and I had no faith before my mother died. On the other hand, when she died,… — Meghan O'Rourke Believe Copy Share Image
Many Americans don't mourn in public anymore - we don't wear black, we don't beat our chests and wail. — Meghan O'Rourke Beats Copy Share Image
Suddenly it was fall, the season of death, the anniversary of things-going-to-hell. — Meghan O'Rourke Anniversary Copy Share Image
Writing has always been the primary way I make sense of the world. — Meghan O'Rourke Make sense Copy Share Image
