Grief
How tattoos became the ultimate conversation starter about miscarriage
While it was once taboo to discuss pregnancy loss, people are now choosing to commemorate their grief openly.
- by Frances Howe
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Fatherhood
Since losing my wife, each day is a reminder of what dads are capable of
The past nine months have shown me that a father can do everything a mother can, except breastfeed.
- by Adrian Arciuli
‘We all loved your daddy’: In a country town everyone knows when your father dies
After dad passed away, I discovered more about the man I’d always loved and admired.
- by Michelle Brasier
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Death
I’m glad you’ve come to my funeral. I’ve got a few things to tell you
Thanks to a local entrepreneur, you can now do your own version of the Pauline Hanson video: “Fellow Australians, if you are seeing this now, it means I have been murdered.”
- by Doug Hendrie
Perth families denied burial plots seek ‘compassionate’ way forward
After closing a cemetery, a Perth metropolitan council has advised widows they can no longer be buried in the lots they bought beside their husbands.
- by Gary Adshead
‘I help people depart this world with love’: The women taking the fear out of death
Would you like to attend your own funeral or be transformed into a sapphire ring? These three women are changing the dialogue around dying.
- by Dilvin Yasa
Spend on the champagne, not the coffin: How Aussie death rituals are changing
From living wakes to young adult death cafes, the nature of funerals and how we grieve is shifting in Australia.
- by Lauren Ironmonger
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I used to think the worst of people, but grief showed me I was wrong
Other people’s empathy made my world a better place.
- by Genevieve Novak
‘Mummy, when will you die?’ How I talk to my children about death
Since losing my brother, I’ve had to have conversations I was totally unprepared for. Here’s the expert advice that has helped.
- by Bella Brennan
My mother’s anxieties about something happening were always there. Now I know why
A tragic accident would shape my mother’s life – and impact my own a generation later.
- by Alice Robinson
‘Every serving of grief is a full serve’: The challenge of losing a twin in utero
It’s a loss that triggers contradictory emotions: how to square the happiness that one survived with an enduring sadness that the other didn’t?
- by Shelley Eves
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