When my grandmother developed dementia, we watched as she slowly mentally left us. The feeling was disorienting. She gradually changed from a strong, witty woman who had always taken care of her ...

Some grief is clear and immediate: A spouse or parent passes away, and you mourn their loss alongside your community. But other types of grief arrive quietly. There's no funeral, no clear goodbye, no ...

Learning about ambiguous loss may help in trying to make sense of loss that lacks conclusion or feels unresolved. Share on Pinterest Cosma Andrei/Stocksy United An ambiguous loss involves ...

The last time I saw my dad, we test-drove a Jet Ski. He'd just repaired it for a customer, and the lake that day was flawless. "Hold on tight," he said before we sped off. I was 20. I wrapped my arms ...

No breakup conversation, no clear ending, no closure—just the quiet grief of a relationship that simply faded. Ambiguous loss is grief without a clear ending. It happens when a relationship fades, ...

The statement that the Bible is ambiguous is, itself, ambiguous. Consider, for example, the matter of “what the Bible says about slavery.” American Christians spent most of the 18th and 19th centuries ...

Part 2 in a series. Read Part 1 here. In the first installment of this series, I discussed the small losses of everyday life and how important it is for parents to try to tolerate their children’s ...