This summer, take your sorrow for a walk "And in the middle of a winter I finally learned that there was an invincible summer inside me." I remembered those words of Albert Camus as I thought about what I wanted to say in our first post in 2017. I hope that summer dwells inside us all the year.
Welcome your pain The airplane accident with Chapecoense soccer team has recently shocked the world. I know it hurts and it is going to hurt for a long time, more than all the commotion. When facing another tragedy I have learned it was needed to welcome pain with patience. The poet Rainer Maria Rilken's words were with me all the time those days.
Almodovar’s Juliet In his last film, Pedro Almodovar thrills us with a story of a complicated grieving process. The film is based on three short stories from the book "Fugitive" by a Canadian author, Alice Munro, winner of the Nobel literature prize in 2013.
Men and the grieving process "Do you think men have more difficulty to talk about grieving?” This has been an issue for us since the beggining of the Project and then we decided to liten to specialists and readers. See next what some professional think about it: Cecília Rezende and Erika Pallottino, from Entrelaços Institute, and the statement of some readers who answered our survey in May.
Good news for the mother’s day The Mother's Day can be sad and difficult for those who no longer have their mothers around or mothers who have lost a child. In an attempt to look at the date in another way, we invited some women to give good news to their mothers or children who are gone in the week of Mother's Day.
A rainy day, a sunny day Some days can be terrible for the ones who are suffering after a beloved one’s death, but there are many other things that usually help in times like this
It is allowed to smile Some people told us they felt guilty when all of a sudden, they had fun again. If you know this feeling, then this post is for you.
We need to shine a light After some time, people who love us will go on with their lives and it is up to us to look for some light
“Thank you, mom” Four months after discovering she was pregnant, Mariana Fleury knew her mother would have a few months of life. Four years later, she looks at the story from another angle and thanks her mother who inspires her every day
The year of magical thinking Life changes in a second. You seat in order to have dinner and the life you once knew ceases all of a sudden.