Like my mother before me, I have always been a good speller. Meghan O'Rourke goodmotherspeller Change image and share on social
To mourn is to wonder at the strangeness that grief is not written all over your face in bruised hieroglyphics. And it's also to feel, quite powerfully, that you're not allowed to descend into the deepest fathom of your grief - that to do so would be taboo somehow. Meghan O'Rourke allowbruisedeep 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
My whole life, I had been taught to read and study, to seek understanding in knowledge of history, of cultures. Meghan O'Rourke culturehistoryknowledge Change image and share on social
But when my mother died, I found that I did not believe that she was gone. Meghan O'Rourke diefindmother Change image and share on social
If the condition of grief is nearly universal, its transactions are exquisitely personal. Meghan O'Rourke conditionexquisitelygrief Change image and share on social
'Hamlet' is a play about a man whose grief is deemed unseemly. Meghan O'Rourke deemgriefhamlet Change image and share on social
I live to collect information, and I am also a perfectionist. Meghan O'Rourke collectinformationlive Change image and share on social
One word I had throughout the first year and a half of my mother's death was 'unmoored.' I felt that I had no anchor, that I had no home in the world. Meghan O'Rourke anchordeathfelt Change image and share on social
I envy my Jewish friends the ritual of saying kaddish - a ritual that seems perfectly conceived, with its built-in support group and its ceremonious designation of time each day devoted to remembering the lost person. Meghan O'Rourke buildceremoniousconceive share on social
