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Auld Lang Syne
A year in review and preview
Jan 2
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 • Jared Paventi
Revisiting the Fighter and the Fight
One of your fellow readers asked how things were going with my aunt recently.
Dec 12, 2025 • Jared Paventi
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
Dying Twice: When Mourning Begins at Diagnosis
Commemorating National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
Nov 28, 2025 • Jared Paventi
What's In a Name?
The subtle destructive art of deadnaming.
Nov 21, 2025 • Jared Paventi
The Rite They Get Right
Putting church bashing aside to offer a modicum of praise for the Catholic funeral
Nov 14, 2025 • Jared Paventi
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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