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Category: Grief & Loss

Grief shows up in later life in many forms, from losing someone we love to the quiet loss of a role that once defined us. Sandy Vecchi writes about living through loss and letting it teach us how to live more fully.

Living After Losing Someone

Sandy Vecchi husband and his brother on a pheasant hunting trip

A little over a week ago, my husband lost his older brother. It wasn’t completely unexpected. He’d been fighting lung cancer for quite some time. We knew this day would eventually come. But knowing it’s coming doesn’t prepare you for when it actually arrives. Watching my husband grieve has reminded me that some losses are […]

A New Birthday

A new birthday after a bone marrow transplant

We recently celebrated my husband’s first birthday. Not the one on his driver’s license. Not the one with candles that match his age. The one that matters in a way only a handful of people truly understand. One year ago, he received a bone marrow transplant after being diagnosed two years earlier with a rare, […]

The Quiet Grief No One Warned Us About After 60

The quiet grief of feeling less needed after 60

There’s a kind of grief many people experience after 60 that rarely gets named—because it doesn’t look like loss in the traditional sense. Nothing is wrong, exactly. Your health may be good. Your relationships intact. Your calendar lighter, even enviable. And yet, beneath the surface, there’s an ache you can’t quite explain. It’s the grief […]