"Someone did us all a grave injustice by……" — Hope Edelman
"Someone did us all a grave injustice by implying that mourning has a distinct beginning, middle, and end."
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13 Quotes by Hope Edelman
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Rachel Resnick's story of love lost and love sought cracks open the timeworn addiction narrative to release something raw, probing,…
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I am fooling only myself when I say that my mother exists now only in the photographs on my bulletin…
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New York City is filled with random, quirky moments like this, chance collisions that just might change your life.
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I couldn't chance failing in New York yet, letting the city fail me. It was the only place I knew…
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Our lives are shaped as much by those who leave us as they are by those who stay. Loss is…
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When a mother dies, a daughter’s mourning never completely ends.
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Writers seek to create order out of the chaos of everyday life, and to extract meaning from both the tragic…
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There is an emptiness inside of me -- a void that will never be filled. No one in your life…
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I truly believe that the death of my mother has made me the way I am today. I am a…
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The degree to which a surviving parent copes is the most important indicator of the child's long-term adaptation. Kids whose…
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a mother's death also means the loss of the consistent, supportive family system that once supplied her with a secure…
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When a daughter loses a mother, the intervals between grief responses lengthen over time, but her longing never disappears. It…
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