"I already know he's gone — it's been on the Internet."
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scoop, scoops, internet scoop, internet scoops, online report, online reports, mainstream media, msm, internet, world wide web, news site, news sites, waiting room, waiting rooms, surgery, surgeries, surgical procedure, surgical procedures, waiting area, waiting areas, surgeon, surgeons, grieve, grieves, grieving, inform, informs, informing, information, information overload, information overloads"I don't want to remember her like this. I want to remember her for the mean thing she said in 1981."
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death, dead, funeral, funerals, funeral service, funeral service, wake, wakes, memorial, memorials, memorial service, memorial services, casket, caskets, coffin, coffins, dead body, dead bodies, corpse, corpses, mourn, mourning, mourner, mourners, bereaved, grieving, remember, remembering, remembrance, remembering the dead, memory, memories, mean, mean comment, mean comments, comment, comments, petty, grudge, grudges, holding a grudge, resentful, resentment, bitter, relationship, relationships, family, families"Wherever he is, I know he'll be upgraded."
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death, dead, burial, burials, memorial, memorials, funeral, funerals, burial service, burial services, memorial service, memorial services, funeral service, funeral services, cemetery, cemeteries, graveyard, graveyards, tombstone, tombstones, gravestone, gravestones, headstone, headstones, grave, graves, marker, markers, mourner, mourners, mourning, grieving, bereaved, upgraded, upgrade, upgrades, first class, business class, travel, tourism, traveler, travelers, traveller, travellers, point, points, point card, point cards, heaven, after death, life after death, consumerism"We never say 'death'—we prefer 'deadness.' "
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death, dying, dead, mourn, mourning, mourner, mourners, bereavement, bereaved, grieve, grieving, deceased, decease, mortality, mortal, funeral, funerals, funeral parlor, funeral parlour, funeral home, mortuary, burial, burials, phrasing, choice of words"No, it's my husband that's expired. Is his credit card still good?"
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death, dead, relationship, relationships, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, dead husband, dead husbands, widow, widows, mourning, mourner, mourners, grieving, bereaved, expired, expiry date, expiry dates, money, credit card, credit cards, shopping, shopper, shoppers, woman, women, stereotype, stereotypes, black humor, black humour, dark humour, dark humor, consumerism, retail"No wonder we could get tickets."
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theater, theaters, theatre, theatres, stage, stages, auditorium, auditoriums, play, plays, show, shows, performance, performances, audience, entertainment, death, funeral, funerals, memorial, memorials, wake, wakes, casket, caskets, coffin, coffins, mourning, mourner, mourners, grief, grieving, widow, widows, crying, ticket, tickets, bad play, bad plays, bad performance, bad performances, acting, actor, actors, actress, actresses, good acting, good actor, good actors, good actress, good actress, realistic"He did it my way."
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dying, grave, graves, gravestone, gravestones, tombstone, tombstones, grave stone, grave stones, tomb stone, tomb stones, widow, widows, widower, widowers, widowed, grief, grieving, remembrance, cemetery, cemeteries, gender issues, gender issues, advice, giving advice, bad advice, bad relationship, bad relationships, marital fight, marital fights, domestic, domestics, domestic argument, domestic arguments, spousal dispute, spousal disputesThe Last Days of a Hydrangea
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hydrangea, hydrangeas, flower, flowers, horticulture, stages of grief, grief, gardening, gardener, five stages of grief, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, accept, accepting, denying, angry, angers, bargains, depressed, plant, plants, planting, grieving, minor, insignificant, over the top, ott, overreaction, over reaction, overreact, over react"I need to wait until the euphoria wears off before I start dating again."
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death, date, dating, dates, euphoria, happy, happiness, reaction, reactions, sad, sadness, grief, grieving, relationship, relationships, funeral, funerals, mourn, mourns, mourning, deaths, died, dies, unusual reaction, wait, waiting, waits, waited, widow, widowed, widows, widowing, widower, widowers, husband, husbands, wife, wives, married, marriage"I could never leave this place—this is where I grew up."
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desert island, desert islands, castaway, castaways, abandoned, abandonment, stranded, stubborn, stubbornness, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, child, children, son, sons, attached, attachment, grief, grieving, mother, mothers, father, fathers, shipwrecked, home, homes, growing up, grew up, graves, gravestones, gravestone, graveyard, cemetery, cemetaries"Mother wouldn't want us to feel sad - she'd want us to feel guilty."
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death, dead, funeral, funerals, funeral service, funeral services, wake, wakes, memorial service, memorial services, memorial, memorials, casket, caskets, coffin, coffins, eulogy, eulogies, speech, speeches, bereaved, mourning, mourner, mourners, grieving, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, parent, parents, daughter, daughters, relationship, relationships, relationship problems, relationship issues, mother-daughter relationships, family, families, feeling, feelings, emotion, emotions, emotional, guilt, guilty, sad, sadness, condolences, mental health"Sure. Unless, of course, he's in doggie Hell."
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underworld, griever, grievers, grieving, grief, kid, kids, mourning, mourner, mourners, pet, pets, family life, family-life, family pet, family pets, dog, dogs, canine, canines, doggie heaven, doggie afterlife, afterlife, afterlives, afterworld, after world, comfort, comforting, comforts, grave, graves, uncomforting, un-comforting, dad, dads, kid, kids, sorrow"The death of a businessperson is especially sad."
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funeral, funerals, funeral service, funeral services, funeral proceeding, death, business man, business men, business person, business people, business woman, business women, businessman, businessmen, businessperson, businesspeople, businesswoman, businesswomen, death, dying, executive, executives, business executives, business executives, speech, speeches, funeral director, funeral directors, grief, grieving, capitalism, capitalist, capitalists, commercialism, consumerism, coffin, coffin, casket, caskets, funeral casket, funeral caskets, sad, sadness, saddening"Sorry, wrong room."
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death, dead, funeral, funerals, casket, caskets, coffin, coffins, dead body, dead bodies, corpse, corpse, widow, widows, dead husband, dead husbands, grieving, bereaved, mourning, mourner, mourners, family, condolences, hospital, hospitals, medical, medicine, doctor, doctors, patient, patients, health, health care, healthcare, wrong room, lost, too late, incompetent, incompetents, incompetence, excuse, excuses"Who needs a Popsicle to help cheer things along?"
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death, dead, funeral, funerals, funeral service, funeral services, burial, burials, burial service, burial services, cemetery, cemeteries, graveyard, graveyards, tombstone, tombstones, headstone, headstones, gravestone, gravestone, grave, graves, family, families, mourner, mourners, bereaved, grieving, mourning, sad, sadness, cheer, cheering up, cheerful, ice cream, ice lolly, ice lollies, vendor, vendors, salesman, salesmen, cart, carts, inappropriate, bad timing, rude, well-meaning"You really miss her, don't you, Lou?"
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miss, misses, issing, nag, nags, nagging, wife, wives, dead, widower, widowers, lonely, loneliness, depressed, depression, grieve, grieves, grieving, feet on the table, bad habit, bad habits, habit, habits, argue, argues, argument, arguments, bicker, bickers, bickering, fight, fights, fighting, watches tv, watching tv"No, he didn't suffer. That's my only regret."
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relationship, relationships, relationship problems, relationship issues, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, widow, widows, death, dead, suffer, suffering, regret, regrets, mourn, mourning, grief, grieving, funeral, funerals, photo, photos, photograph, photographs, deceased, passed away, memory, memories, bad wife, bad wives, mean-spirited, suffering husband, suffering husbands, woman, women, stereotype, stereotypes"He loved the outdoors."
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death, dead, funeral, funerals, funeral service, funeral services, wake, wakes, burial, burials, burial service, burial services, casket, caskets, coffin, coffins, body, bodies, dead body, dead bodies, corpse, corpse, pallbearer, pallbearers, mourner, mourners, mourning, grieving, bereaved, cemetery, cemeteries, graveyard, graveyards, tombstone, tombstones, headstone, headstones, gravestone, gravestone, grave, graves, outdoors, outdoorsman, outdoorsmen, nature, natural"One more - Billy wasn't crying."
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death, dead, funeral, funerals, memorial, memorials, wake, wakes, burial, burials, coffin, coffins, casket, caskets, modern funerals, family, families, mourner, mourners, bereaved, grieving, crying, sad, photo, photos, photograph, photographs, photography, photographer, photographers, selfie, selfies, family portrait, family portraits, family photo, family photos, picture, pictures, millennial, millennials, modern life"Later on, the buffet is going to be all the foods he wasn't allowed to eat."
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junk food, junk foods, fast food, fast foods, wake, wakes, funeral, funerals, funeral service, funeral services, buffet, buffets, reception, receptions, mourner, mourners, mourning, griever, grievers, grief, griefs, grieving, mourn, mourns, celebration, diet, diets, dietary needs, dietary restrictions, healthy diet, health food, health foods, send off, send-off"Eddie was a simple man and, in the end, an eminently practical one."
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mourner, mourners, mourning, grief, griever, grievers, grieving, mourn, mourns, funeral, funerals, funeral service, funeral services, garbage, dumpster, dumpsters, last will, dump, bin, bins, garbage disposal, recycling, simple, lifestyle choice, undertaker, undertakers"I was able to get in one last lecture about diet and exercise."
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hospital, hospitals, medical, medicine, doctor, doctors, patient, patients, health, health care, healthcare, intensive care, waiting area, waiting areas, lecture, lectures, last lecture, death, dead, diet, diets, eating healthy, the importance of eating healthy, exercise, fitness, exercising, the importance of exercise, too late, widow, widows, grieving, mourning, wife, wives, bedside manner, overweight, obesity, obesity crisis, health problem, health problems, health issue, health issues, cause of death, bad news