Field Guides.
Long-form, practical guides for navigating end-of-life logistics and grief - written to be read when you need them.
Multi-part guides
Deal with Death23 parts88 min readThe First 500 Hours
The three weeks after a death are the most disorienting a family will face, and almost none of it is intuitive. This is the whole sequence, in the order it actually happens, from the first hour through closing the estate. Read it straight through, or jump to where you are.
The first hoursDocuments and securityThe funeralPeople and benefitsThe estateClosing
Heal with Death6 parts35 min readGrief Lives in the Body
Grief is not a problem to be solved or a process to be completed. It is something the body carries, and it moves on its own schedule. Six pieces on what grief actually is, why talking about it is often not enough, and what it means to be accompanied through it.
What it isThe grief nobody seesCarrying it
Heal with Death3 parts6 min readThe Sacred Return
Three short pieces on what the end of life teaches about the middle of it. Written to be read slowly, in one sitting, or one at a time when you need them.