Good grief: how can we make it easier to talk about death?
Jodie Botica and Julia Craig want to make it easier for young people to talk about loss. For many people, grief is private – and shameful. Two young women want to bring it out of the shadows. Jehan Casinader reports. Dusk was falling when Julia Craig arrived at the Devonport Folk Music Club on Auckland’s North Shore. It was a warm spring evening, perfect for a beer with mates. There was a band playing – a folk act with a double bass, a banjo and a smooth cover of Adele’s Rolling in the Deep. The music drowned out the noise in Julia’s head. Just hours earlier, she stood over her da...
Source: stuff.co.nz
