March 2026

Volunteer at Reflection, our Annual Benefit & Auction

What We're Reading and Listening to Lately

There’s some profound grief writing to be found over on Substack these days. Here are two folks we’re following: 

• Things That Don’t Suck: Megan Falley, the widow of the late poet, Andrea Gibson, is also a poet and writes with exquisite precision about the daily realities of grief. We’re not taught how to hold grief, so we falsely believe it is the heaviest thing in the world we can carry. That isn’t true. It’s only true when we have to carry it alone.  

• Holding Both: Marisa Renee Lee is the author of Grief is Love and the upcoming book, Waiting for Dawn. She’s also been a guest on Grief Out Loud and We Can Do Hard Things. My mother’s last communication was laughter. Her joy is my inheritance.  

Anderson Cooper continues to host heart opening conversations about grief on his podcast, All There Is. While the season is full of interesting conversations, two episodes really stood out to us.    

• ‘The wound that won’t heal’: Author Yiyun Li talks with Anderson about losing her two children. Yiyun’s two sons died of suicide at ages 16 & 19. Yiyun’s book, Things In Nature Merely Grow, chronicles the heartbreak of these losses.  

• Patti Smith on the ‘sacred wounds’ of grief. Singer, poet, author Patti Smith talks about the deaths of her husband, Fred “Sonic” Smith, her brother, and lifelong friend, Robert Mapplethorpe.  

Adult Caregiver Facilitator (ACF) Peer Supervision  

If you facilitate an adult caregiver group, mark your calendar for these upcoming ACF Peer Supervision meetings. All sessions are 5:30 - 7 p.m. and facilitated by Lindsey Brodie. RSVP to lindsey@dougy.org. 

• Friday, June 5, 2026
• Tuesday, November 17, 2026