Grief is a bad moon, a sleeper wave. It's like having an inner combatant, a saboteur who, at the slightest change in the sunlight, or at the first notes of a jingle for a dog food commercial, will flick the memory switch, bringing tears to your eyes. Meghan O'Rourke badbringchange share on social
When my mother was sick, I found myself needing to put down in my journals all sorts of things - to try to understand them, and, I think, to try to remember them. Meghan O'Rourke findjournalmother Change image and share on social
Like my mother before me, I have always been a good speller. Meghan O'Rourke goodmotherspeller Change image and share on social
A mother is beyond any notion of a beginning. That's what makes her a mother. Meghan O'Rourke beginmakemother Change image and share on social
'Hamlet' is the best description of grief I've read because it dramatizes grief rather than merely describing it. Meghan O'Rourke describedescriptiondramatize Change image and share on social
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 blithebrotherfall Change image and share on social
And after my mother's death I became more open to and empathetic about other people's struggles and losses. Meghan O'Rourke deathempatheticloss Change image and share on social
I am the indoctrinated child of two lapsed Irish Catholics. Which is to say: I am not religious. Meghan O'Rourke catholicchildindoctrinate Change image and share on social
Grief is at once a public and a private experience. One's inner, inexpressible disruption cannot be fully realized in one's public persona. Meghan O'Rourke disruptionexperiencefully Change image and share on social
My mother never liked Mother's Day. She thought it was a fake holiday dreamed up by Hallmark to commodify deep sentiments that couldn't be expressed with a card. Meghan O'Rourke cardcommodifyday Change image and share on social