Grief
Opinion
Opinion
We lost our baby. I wasn’t sure how a man should deal with it
We had reached the “12-week milestone”. We had heard the heartbeat and had seen the ultrasound pictures of Baby Romania. Then our world was shattered in an instant.
- by Matt Romania
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‘It takes two years to rewire the brain’: Remaking life as a widow
The shock of widowhood remains mostly private – leading outsiders to underestimate its overwhelming nature.
- by Fenella Souter
‘After losing my mother, I still find her everywhere around me’
Clearing out 60 years of my mother’s life after she died left me bereft. But she is still here in her books, her favourite mug, in my brother’s crinkly eyes.
- by Elizabeth Quinn
‘I am more of a boy’s girl than a girl’s girl’: Camilla Freeman-Topper
The Camilla and Marc founder opens up about losing her mother young, her close relationship with her brother Marc, and her marriage.
- by Jane Rocca
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Private Sydney
Jock Zonfrillo’s top-secret Sydney funeral
The family have requested that the close circle of guests not share any information on the top-secret funeral.
- by Andrew Hornery
‘I began to wonder – is this what belonging feels like?’
The Vietnam War pitted family members against each other. What happens when those who left meet those who stayed behind?
- by Andre Dao
From cooking for Billie Eilish to a cancer diagnosis: How these BFFs weather life
For best friends Shannon Martinez and Emma Terzini, it took cancer, divorce – and a shared A-list muse – to really seal the deal on their friendship.
- by Jane Rocca
‘It was earth-shattering’: Melissa had three young children when her husband died
The loss of a loved one is always painful, but when it’s the partner with whom you share children, it can bring added complexities.
- by Elli Jacobs
Opinion
Religion
After the final goodbye, how do we go on?
Grief is inexpressible, coming up against the horizon of nothingness is beyond words. And yet for three years words have washed up onto the shore.
- by Warwick McFadyen
Opinion
Pregnancy
Simple, kind, and not uttered enough: what to say after miscarriage
Another high-profile woman, Helen Perrottet, has spoken publicly about her losses. But, like many others, her experience shows change is sorely needed.
- by Isabelle Oderberg
‘I felt strongly that my job was to guard Samuel’
The dog, autumn leaves, a morning walk – and the discovery of a dead teen. Dealing with deep sadness – and an immense feeling of responsibility and care.
- by Phil Nott