Laurie Burrows Grad

I am a food writer, TV chef, who suddenly transitioned to blogging about grief when my husband Peter died in August 2015.

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Community//April 10, 2021

RELEARNING SOCIALIZATION AFTER THE PANDEMIC

Community//March 7, 2021

SHE WHO IS NEVER NOT BROKEN

Community//February 17, 2021

THE LONELINESS OF GRIEF IN A PANDEMIC

Community//January 30, 2021

TOXIC POSITIVITY? SAY IT AIN’T SO!

Community//December 13, 2020

GRIEVING THE LOSS OF 2020

Community//November 21, 2020

THE PERMA MODEL: Dealing with Grief

Community//October 22, 2020

ISOLATION VERSUS SOLITUDE

Community//September 24, 2020

COVID INSOMNIA

Community//August 27, 2020

SKIN HUNGER: Why This Lockdown is Taking a Toll on Our Desire to Touch

Community//July 23, 2020

WRITING MY WAY THROUGH THE PANDEMIC

Community//July 3, 2020

DON’T IT ALWAYS SEEM TO GO THAT YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’VE GOT TILL IT’S GONE

Community//June 13, 2020

THE COVID 15: How Eating Through Quarantine Has Added to Our Waist Lines

Community//May 22, 2020

MY FUZZY BRAIN IN QUARANTINE

Community//May 3, 2020

FEAR IS BORN OF A STORY WE TELL OURSELVES

Community//April 18, 2020

ANTICIPATORY GRIEF IN THE TIME OF COVID-19

Community//March 28, 2020

LONELINESS IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS

Community//March 6, 2020

I’VE LOST THE MIRROR TO MY SOUL

Community//February 11, 2020

DUMPING MY “STUFF” WITH A SMILE WITH A NOD TO MARIE KONDO

Community//January 15, 2020

FINDING MEANING AFTER LOSS

Community//December 27, 2019

THE COLOR OF GRIEF

Community//December 1, 2019

DON’T LET YOUR LOSS DEFINE YOU

Community//November 9, 2019

GRIEF ARITHMETIC

Community//October 1, 2019

IT’S SO NICE TO HAVE A MAN AROUND THE HOUSE

Community//September 4, 2019

TRIVIALIZING POSTIVITY

“People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills . . . There is nowhere that a person can find a more peaceful and trouble-free retreat than in his own mind. . . . So constantly give yourself this retreat, and renew yourself.”

- MARCUS AURELIUS

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