It is extraordinary the suffering that some people bear. I attended a wake recently for a young man who died from complications to do with diabetes and alcoholism, he was 45. He died alone with only a few friends who called in on him regularly. When I first knew him at the age of 16 he was the model … [Read more...] about Mourning, Loss, Harm and Injury and, the Need for Everyday Social Resilience
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How do we mourn?
Guest post by Frank Garrett What are we mourning for? In our busy, noisy complicated world we don’t have time for such questions. But this current quarantine situation has provided time to ask, to wonder, what have we lost, what do we stand to lose, how do we grieve for those? The very social … [Read more...] about How do we mourn?