My First Holiday Alone and the Birth of The “Set an Extra Plate” Initiative

My husband died suddenly, although he took five days to do it, about six weeks before Easter. Felled by a fatal cerebral hemorrhage at age …

Harvard Medical Gets Grief Right…And Some Things Wrong.

Grief can indeed lead to health problems and I’m very happy to see that Harvard is taking a close look at the connection between …

Eating While Widowed….or How to Stop Eating Canned Soup and Fast Food Without a Lot of Fuss

There were so very many things I didn’t know would change when my husband died. That’s the understatement of the century, isn’t it?

One of …