Grief (Emotion)

December 20, 2024

Grief Makes Us Time Travelers

A neuroscientist studying memory, I used to believe time was linear. Then my mother had a stroke. I am in my pajamas, watching a Netflix documentary […]
November 12, 2024

Longing for Grandchildren When Your Child Doesn’t Want Kids

A growing number of Americans are choosing not to have children. Their parents are grappling with what that means for them. Lydia Birk, 56, has held […]
October 23, 2024

‘Modern Love Podcast’: One Last Conversation, With the Help of A.I.

Reva GoldbergEmily LangDavis LandChristina Djossa and Jen PoyantLynn LevyReva Goldberg and Dan PowellRowan NiemistoSophia LanmanMarion LozanoCarole Sabouraud and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify […]
March 1, 2024

How to Support Someone Grieving the Loss of a Pet

The death of an animal companion can be every bit as devastating as other types of loss. On “The Daily Show” this week, the host Jon […]
February 6, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘You Are Meant to Be With a Woman’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Not-So-Secret Ingredient I eat an egg, over-easy, every morning. In the summer, I […]
June 7, 2023

The Marriage Proposal That Wasn’t

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Elyssa Dudley and Jen Poyant and Dan Powell and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music ‘Old age […]
May 26, 2023

‘That’s Why I Picked a Younger Man’

My mother’s second husband wasn’t supposed to die before she did. And neither was I. The day after Thanksgiving, my mother called, worried I was going […]
March 8, 2023

I Imagine Him Here

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Elyssa Dudley and Sara Sarasohn and Diane Wong and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music “By Day […]
December 23, 2022

When a Doorbell’s Ring Means Hope

It was as if someone was saying to us, “You are seen. You are loved.” The doorbell rang one mid-December evening. I frequently had unexpected visitors […]
September 5, 2022

Tending to Grass, and to Grief, on a Tennis Court in Iowa

Mark Kuhn is hunched over, one knee on the ground, pulling dandelions from an otherwise immaculate lawn. With a small, serrated blade, he carefully carves tiny […]