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Go Jingle Yourself
A rerun from 2023 and reminder that the first holiday after a loved one dies is going to suck.
Dec 19, 2025
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Jared Paventi
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Revisiting the Fighter and the Fight
One of your fellow readers asked how things were going with my aunt recently.
Dec 12, 2025
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Jared Paventi
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Revisiting Laura Lewis
"I have missed her advice over the last three decades, and sometimes get really angry that she was taken from me."
Dec 5, 2025
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Dying Twice: When Mourning Begins at Diagnosis
Commemorating National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
Nov 28, 2025
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Jared Paventi
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What's In a Name?
The subtle destructive art of deadnaming.
Nov 21, 2025
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Jared Paventi
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The Rite They Get Right
Putting church bashing aside to offer a modicum of praise for the Catholic funeral
Nov 14, 2025
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Jared Paventi
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The Uncomfortable Truth that Not All Death is Bad
You may find this post to be mean spirited.
Nov 7, 2025
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