“Don’t tell your Uber driver that you’re going to an orgy”—so begins Donte Collins’ poem “Grief Puppet”. Collins describes the experience of seeing his dead…
“As far back as I can remember, Michael was always good at being silly. He could make me laugh harder than anyone. He was very…
Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905 – 2004) was an American poet who is recognized for her first and perhaps only poem “Do Not Stand at My…
“I Wanna Get Better”, performed by The Bleachers, is a song about singer Jack Antonoff’s personal experiences with grief, depression, and renewal. Through lyrics like, “I…
Anna R. was having an ultrasound, prepared to see her baby for the first time. When she asked the technician what the sex of the…
When a father loses a child, his grief can sometimes be eclipsed by that of the mother’s. This poem by Eileen Knight Hagemeister describes how…
When she was 10 years old, Sarah wrote the original song “Dream Child” in memory of her young cousin who had died within of few…
The loss of a child, one of the most painful experiences a parent can go through, is made that much worse when the parent’s own…
This film by Sam Shapson and A.J. Sheeran follows the life of a grieving young boy who has just lost his mother. Symbolized through the…
In 2012, lead singer and songwriter Chris Daughtry tried to capture the trauma of people who have been kidnapped in his song All These Lives….
By locking both a large tarantula and a protagonist suffering from arachnophobia in a room together, the filmmaker Juan Jose Arreola attempts to portray the…
About two years ago, I personally came face to face with the suicide attempt of my best friend, Bella. Distraught, she had called to tell…
Over 2 million babies are stillborn every year worldwide, resulting from a genetic or physical defect, an illness suffered by the mother, or problems with…
Sujith Rathnayake developed a psychotic illness after losing his family during the 2004 tsunami. He was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Sri Lanka where…
Losing his wife to cancer, Joe LoGuirato poured his emotions into making sculptures and paintings—a tribute to Stella LoGuirato. His art depicts his memories of…
After the death of her father, Australia-based artist Margarita Georgiadis used painting as way to deal with sorrow and grief. She was able to use…
13-year-old Jennette’s (name changed by UNICEF) grandmother died from Ebola. Shortly after attending the funeral, Jennette began to feel sick. When fever developed, she was…
Like many, when faced with tribulations and life’s numerous problems, Patrick Roche resorts to a creative means of self-expression. He explores healing through a creative…
Twenty years after the genocide in Rwanda, Pieter Hugo, a photographer, visited and documented efforts of reconciliation between Hutu and Tutsi individuals following the Rwanda…
Valeria Golino’s 2013 Italian drama Miele (translation: Honey) follows the not-so-sweet life of Irene (Jasmine Trinca), a medical school dropout who helps euthanize terminally ill…
