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  A C Shilton, The New York Times  Published: 13 Mar 2021 01:22 PM BdST Updated: 13 Mar 2021 01:23 PM BdST Inoculating yourself against feelings of loss may prove harder than getting a routine vaccine. Leonardo Santamaria/The New York Times For months, I’ve felt like the emotional equivalent of a car with a cracked windshield. I’m still rolling through daily life, but one good knock is bound to shatter me. Although the number of coronavirus cases has been declining, the number of deaths has soared well above 500,000, and now we have the new variants to worry about. I know that if I ha...

NEW YORK —  The emotional center of Nicolle Wallace’s MSNBC show often comes at the very end, when statistics are set aside to tell the story of a life cut short by COVID-19. The “Lives Well Lived” feature, which is being expanded into a prime-time special on Wednesday to commemorate a year since the pandemic altered America, is one of a handful of continuing efforts in the media to give a face to suffering. Every Friday, the “In Memoriam” feature on PBS’ “NewsHour” profiles five Americans from all walks of life who died of COVID-19. The New York Times usually does one obi...

Perhaps my experience creating an etymological memorial project for my father can help others find solace through projects of their own.

Dear Ellie: My husband died three weeks ago after an unexpected, short illness. He was 70. We were happily married for over 30 years and did everything together. The pain of losing him is too much . . .

Marie Sullivan, pictured here on Gormanston beach wants to honour her daughter's memory by making the conversation about suicide more open. Photo: David Conachy It is true that her talented daughter - she was also a great singer and guitarist - had suffered from anxiety since her teens. True, too, that she was annoyed on Easter Sunday evening over a couple of trivial things, but Arwen had a call with old schoolfriends and was "roaring her head off laughing" at 11pm. Marie said goodnight to her daughter at midnight and found her unresponsive half an hour later. "There was nothing that happened...