Jan 28, 2020Episode 7: Why We All Feel the Loss of Kobe BryantThe sudden death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and seven others sent shock waves across the world.
Dec 20, 2019How To Cope with Grief This Holiday SeasonThis article, written by Gianna DeMedio, originally published in the Philadelphia Inquirer on December 21st, 2018. My fiancé and I have a...
Oct 17, 2019Q&A: What can I do to make wedding planning easier while grieving?Q: My fiancé and I are both grieving a loved one and also trying to plan our wedding. It's been really hard. We're lacking motivation and...
Aug 1, 2019Q&A: It happened. What do I need to know about grief?Q: My father recently died after a very short sickness. I have no idea what to do with my life. Where do I go from here? Will I ever make...
Jun 20, 2019Father's Day Article Published in Philadelphia Inquirer I'm not sure what I'm more proud of: that I found the time amongst wedding planning to actually write an article, or that the article...
Jun 3, 2019A Trigger of Grief: WeddingsI haven’t been very open about this before, but going to weddings when you’re grieving is really, REALLY hard. Fathers walk their...
Feb 28, 2019Returning to the Scene of the CrimeIt's hard to return to the scene of the crime... every day. I work at the same hospital where my dad passed away. Every morning I walk...
Feb 15, 2019 11 Songs to Listen to When You Need to Cry it OutOnce in a while, you can really benefit from taking the opportunity to let it all out—open those lungs and tear ducts and cry until the...
Feb 14, 2019My Hair Can Tell You About My Grief. Here's How.It sounds ridiculous, but you can tell how I'm feeling by my hair. After my future mother-in-law passed away in November, the natural...
Dec 18, 2018Bouncing Back... From Loss Recently I had the pleasure of being a guest on "Bouncing Back with Lisa Bien," a show that broadcasts on the Temple University TV...
Nov 24, 2018Sixty-threeI’m only a few miles out from the cemetery and it begins to rain. The day is gloomy, so this isn’t quite a surprise, but I question...
Oct 11, 2018Understanding His New Role for Life's Big MomentsWhen my dad passed away, there were many parts of my life that were completely altered, and many experiences in my future that I knew...
Aug 31, 2018Dandelions, Red Wine, and A Thoughtful Grief GiftI have a friend, Joan, who is extremely talented at anything involving art. She can draw, she can paint, she can sculpt. She can even do...
Jul 16, 2018How to Help Someone in Their Acute Phase of GriefA few weeks ago, an old friend reached out to me saying that she had seen SSFYL and needed advice. She had just lost her uncle in a...
Jun 7, 2018Not May 22nd, 2017It is not lost on me that I have yet to publish a blog detailing May 22nd, 2017. That became a harder task than I had anticipated. I...
May 22, 2018The Final Rounds. May 21st, 2017Logic vs. Emotion: a match-up you will hear me speak about many times. I know, logically, there is no direct correlation between my...
May 18, 2018Analogies. May 18th, 2017.Remember being in school growing up and thinking to yourself in the middle of a lesson, “Whyyyy the hell are they teaching me this? I’m...
May 16, 2018Where it all started. May 17th, 2017.I woke up to another sunny day on Wednesday, May 17th. Unbeknownst to me, I wasn’t appreciating it the way I should’ve been at the time....
Feb 23, 2018A Day at the Doctor with DadHe wore a suit. It was gray and a little bigger on him than it should’ve been. He wore dress shoes. The kind that clacked against the...
Oct 18, 2017Writing is Like Diving into a Cold OceanWriting has become like diving into a cold sea. Each time I open the computer, I feel a cool breeze on my face from the drifts of the...