by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 9, 2018 |
What I Mean When I Say, “My Daughter Was Stillborn” I don’t think that most people understand me when I say that my daughter was stillborn. That phrasing makes it sound passive, like it was something that just happened to me, externally. But that’s not what a...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 9, 2018 |
TED Talk: How Our Worst Moments in Our Lives Make Us Who We Are Writer Andrew Solomon has spent his career telling stories of the hardships of others. Now he turns inward, bringing us into a childhood of adversity, while also spinning tales of the courageous people...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 8, 2018 |
Beyond Closure Nancy Berns is a sociologist at Drake University. She looks at the space between grief and closure and has found that not only is closure a fabricated concept, it is doing us more harm than...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 7, 2018 |
The Intentional Caregiver I originally created this blog somewhere around 2008 as a place to gather collected information and resources and as an outlet for my own caregiving journey with my father. It has since developed into a network of experts who have become...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 7, 2018 |
Lost My Partner Blog Whether you’ve lost your spouse/partner or care about someone who has, this is a place to find support and share your experiences with others in the same...
