Yet, these grief symbols prove that you can find meaning and purpose in mourning. It doesn’t have to be beautiful, and it doesn’t have to make sense. It just has to be meaningful to you.
As I gaze at the bird feeders outside my living room window in Decatur, three mourning doves swoop in. Two of them land beneath the feeders and start pecking at seeds that have spilled onto the ground ...
Mourning and memorial rings have been popular since antiquity, but gained common currency in 13th century, where they often featured symbols of mortality such as skulls or hourglasses. This ring ...