Coaxing death out of the shadows.
Death in art, mourning in fashion. In this Times article, “bereavement and its handmaiden, melancholy, seem to be sharing a moment of late, taking center…
Box of Death
You probably had a memory box at some point in your life: remnants from adolescent romances, a stash of wedding keepsakes, that secret box that no…
Finding the “fun” in Funeral?
“Fish in the Dark,” a new Broadway play written by one of my favorite curmudgeons, Larry David, is a comedy about a death in the…
Heartache Preparedness?
Once you experience a close death – especially a sudden death – you fully appreciate the overwhelming accuracy of the expression “life can change on…
Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.~Coco Chanel
“Just wanted to say that was very brave and bold to say you didn’t miss Robert. I’m sure the first time you even thought that, you…
Taunting the Living with the Threat of Widowhood
In today’s mail, an advertisement from a Trusts and Estates attorney: “Reason to make an estate plan #7? Elaine, your husband’s next wife.” The 5×7 glossy…
Katie Couric Segues from Widow to Wife
This past weekend, journalist Katie Couric married financier John Molner in East Hampton, leaving widowhood behind. Couric became a widow in 1998 when her…
Tricky Tombstone Text
When it comes to tombstone text there are two things the surviving spouse needs to write: the epitaph (a phrase or statement written in memory of…
Match.com – let me go! Hell hath no fury like a woman who has mourned…and moved on.
We had fun, lots of laughs, but it’s over. You, too, eHarmony. Stop emailing me. I don’t care who made me their Favorite or that I…
Beware the crazies on craigslist
Selling my late husband’s bicycle brought a flurry of interested emails.’Will you take a check?’ DELETE ‘Can you deliver it to me?’ DELETE When you get to the…
Paula Ganzi McGloin 