Death

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Little girl lost, little girl found
I never thought I'd be able to enjoy Mother's Day again. Then, life brought me Annabelle.
Where's the girl horse?
Eight Belles was the first sports figure who ever caught my 2-year-old daughter's eye.
I should have gone to my aunt's funeral
I could have gone, I should have gone, but I thought about the money and my other plans!
Life, death and spring
April in the Sierra foothills is the cruelest month -- and the most beautiful.
Die, Daddy, die!
After a lifetime of competing with his father, writer David Shields has had enough. But the aged patriarch remains "cussedly, maddeningly alive."
Zero visibility on Highway 52
Why do people complain about winter, which is really quite magnificent?
Saudi Arabia goes old school
The idea of women driving cars is so 21st century. Why not take a step back and sentence them to death for witchcraft?
Should we euthanize the Yorkie?
My grandmother is ill and cannot care for her aging Yorkshire terrier.
Now my mother's gone, what do I do?
Is it time to go back to California?
I cared for my dad in his final months -- but who gets his car?
The neighbor who took care of him before he died says he promised her his car. Should she get it, or should my sister?
My friend suddenly died -- and I think I want his job!
Is there a delicate way to tell his boss that I'm not job hunting, but I think I'd make a great replacement?
The new American way of death
Morbid curiosity and ridicule have replaced respect for the deceased at MyDeathSpace, where your life is an open book -- even when you're 6 feet under.
I can't get home to see my mom before she dies
By the time you read this, she'll probably be gone. Why couldn't I be by her side?
My Southern grandmother is dying, and I don't want to go back
I finally escaped the deadly web of small-town Southern life. But it keeps pulling on me!
In the midst of joy, I have dark thoughts
I look at my happy 4-year-old and foresee his troubles.
My girlfriend's stepfather is a real a-hole ... and a dying man
This guy does not respect me or notice me! What can I do?
I'm so anxious I can't think straight
I know what the issues are, but I can't really deal with them.
I found my father dead
Now that death has come, words that used to seem trite sound unexpectedly profound.
Anna Nicole Smith dead
Larger-than-life celebrity was 39.
How to eulogize the dad no one likes?
My friend's father is just one more reason feminism exists -- but can we say that?
Six feet under and still ignored
Why do obituary pages feature so few women?
"Chicken With Plums"
In an excerpt from her new graphic memoir, Marjane Satrapi's music-loving great-uncle recalls the death of his cigarette-loving mother.
Give me five more minutes
I had always imagined with horror what it would be like to get the news that my son was killed in Iraq. Then it happened.
Andrew Holleran's "Grief"
Almost 30 years since publishing the groundbreaking novel "Dancer From the Dance," one of America's treasured gay writers offers a beautiful new work on love and loss.
The confrontational columnist
This summer, savor the small pleasures: Grilled salmon, blowing cigar smoke at strangers and starting bar fights.
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