Essays: Death of a loved one

by Kim Everett

Death of Loved Ones The death of a loved one leaves you with a profound feeling of emptiness. It is an empty place in your heart that you think will never be filled. Eventually, though, your heart is healed, and the...read more

by Jami Smith

Hurrying Ahead of Winter I have a memory. In it, snow dusts the spruce in my grandmother's back yard. The tree looks still and peaceful, until we look closer, and see its branches hopping with life. If we open th...read more

by Morrette Allen

My Special Mom I used to believe in destiny. I used to think that everything that happened in my life was meant to happen. Every broken dream, heartache, every tear shed and every smile, are what were meant to happen...read more

by Dan Rooney

The death of a loved one is an unfortunate event in life that reminds us of how bittersweet love really is. It is mentioned, throughout numerous conversations and parables, that love is the most powerful emotion that we kn...read more

by Jack Deal

Elma died last Friday and today we went to the funeral. There were a good number of people in the church but most of them in their eighties. Elma had a lot of friends. There were some tears and some sniffling but mostl...read more

by Ariel Eton

When I speak of her death, most people ask, "How old was she?" Barely able to answer, I exclaim, "She was too young!" Elise, at the age of thirty-four was suffering with pains in her lower abdomen for three days. We th...read more

by Rachel Couch

My father died in the year 2003, when I was 11 years old. It was such a shock to my whole family, but I do believe that I took it the hardest of everyone. I was daddy's girl; I was attached to him at the hip whenever I did...read more

by William Eitelgeorge

I see her standing across an untraveled, beautiful cobblestone road not far from me. Neither of us are able to cross this road. She's dressed in white and she smiles. Her eyes communicate with me that she is happy and at p...read more

by Andrea Bois

My Heart Belongs To A Dead Man I never would have believed I could survive without him. When I held him in my arms and watched him breathe his last breath, I thought that would be the hardest thing I'd ever do in this li...read more

by Mustafa Raghe

Death is an inevitability all humans face and the one constant that applies to us all. Most of us regard death with confusion and trepidation, because death is the ultimate unknown. It is also what drives us and makes life...read more

by Jessica Fox

DEATH OF A LOVED ONE I remeber very well the death of one of my closest loved ones. My step mother and I were very close. It was like an instant connection when I first met her. The day my dad introduced us she took ...read more

by Katalina Narvaez

Grandma's Glasses The alarm went off with an ear shattering blast. "I don't want to get up, don't want to go to work, I just want one day to sleep in" I thought. Off we go, rushing about. Two daughters to feed, brush te...read more

by Mark Escobar

There are memorable incidents in the bible which we may say God notices our tears. One is in the story of Christ's weeping at the tomb of Lazarus. Jesus wept when He saw the others weeping -"When Jesus, therefore, saw he...read more

by Hena Tayeb

Left, right, left, right; the car swayed from one side to another. Damn this is one twisted road' he thought as he zig zagged along the straight wide highway. Other cars honked and passed him by, some screamed words of pro...read more

by Stanley Efe

It is so amazing to know that every aspect of ones life comes with merits and dis merits,most times with everything working well in life and sometimes things seems to be very difficult.Life most time is pleasant but there...read more

by Oknee

In the early morning hours of May 27, 1996 a great man passed into eternal slumber. No television news reports of his loss were made; no radio stations made notice; no flags flew at half-mast to commemorate his passing. ...read more

by Augusta Summer

Daddy's Home It was early in the morning,5:00 a.m.,I hadn't heard him call me. My eight year old daughter knocked on my bedroom door.She said, "Moma,Papa needs you".I could hear the fear in her voice.I jumped from my b...read more

by Sandy Bagwell

The death of a loved one is never easy. I have had many people in my family die and each one was different. The death of my maternal grandmother, though, has been the hardest for me to take. She was my rock. No matte...read more