Introduction / by Rebecca Soffer and Gabrielle Birkner --
Collateral damage: But wait, there's more? --
Introduction / by Rebecca Soffer --
A wake / by Anthony King --
The would-bes / by Eileen Smith --
The second third child / by Eric Meyer --
There won't be blood / by Ruby Dutcher --
Mother figure / by Elizabeth Percer --
Things to know before scattering ashes / by Tré Miller Rodríguez --
Triggers: What sets us off might surprise you --
Introduction / by Gabrielle Birkner --
A little to the left / by Amanda Palmer --
When Mom kan't keep up with the Kardashians / by Kate Spencer --
Brain games / by Chamique Holdsclaw --
Thanksgiving after Jack / by Anna Whiston-Donaldson --
The barren field / by Helen Chernikoff --
The dos and don'ts of building your crew --
Intimacy: 1 - 1 + 1 = ? --
Introduction / by Rebecca Soffer --
Meet the twins: grief and desire / by Emily Rapp Black --
Are you my Papi? / by Mathew Rodriguez --
What's good enough now / by LaNeah "Starshell" Menzies --
Taboo times two / by Alice Radosh --
The promise / by Mattie J. Bekink --
Guess who's (not) coming to dinner": surviving small talk after a loss / by Rebecca Soffer and Modern Loss --
Identity: who we were and who we've become --
Introduction / by Gabrielle Birkner --
Four little words, one big meaning / by Michael Flamini --
Dad-die issues / by Yassir Lester --
The dead-brother code switch / by Rachel Sklar --
Making peace with my mother's whiteness / by Amy Mihyang Ginther --
Just say Uncle / by Michael Arceneaux --
Survivor gilt: creative ways to use what's left behind instead of banishing it to storage purgatory / by Stacy London --
Inheritance: property of --
Introduction / by Rebecca Soffer --
Icky Pop / by Sara Faith Alterman --
Honey, don't screw up the namesake / by David Sax --
The accidental archivist / by Spencer Merolla --
Under the house / by Julie Satow --
Uncle Ron / by Kim Goldman --
There's no will, what the bleep do I do now? / by Amanda Clayman --
Data: loss (and found) in the digital universe --
Introduction / by Rebecca Soffer --
My husband's death went viral, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt / by Nora McInerny --
Confessions of a gmail hoarder / by Brian Stelter --
Unrecovered / by Meg Tansey --
Meeting Patricia, Aunt Esther's Amazon alter ego / by Joey Chernila --
A brief guide to griefspeak --
Secrets: what they didn't tell us, and what we aren't telling others --
Introduction / by Gabrielle Birkner --
My dad husband, the serial adulterer / by Robyn Woodman --
Practice imperfect / by Rachel M. Ward --
And the Oscar goes to... / by Catherine Fennelly --
Forever younger / by Caroline Waxler --
F is for forgiveness / by Haley Tanner --
Journeys: where we've headed but not necessarily ended up --
Introduction / by Rebeca Soffer --
My wedding gown's last dance / by Lucy Kalanithi --
Where the heart no longer is / by Jacqueline Murekatete --
Feet, pain, love / by Sarah Fox --
From a purple room to the Obama White House / by Marisa Renee Lee --
Art imitates loss / by Michael Grief, as told to Rebecca Soffer --
Patches / by Tanzila Ahmed --
Shit people say, but really shouldn't --
Absence + time: what comes later --
Introduction / by Gabrielle Birkner --
David / by Elisa Albert --
Considering the alternatives / by Artis Henderson --
The deathday-birthday / by Nikki Reimer --
Double digits / by Nishta J. Mehra.
