Martin said: 'My step mother joined us in 1986 when I was 14. The stereotype wasn't the issue. The issue was I was having a step-mother joining me when I was still in terrible grief at the loss of ...

This sudden loss caused severe stress for my mom, and her symptoms of dementia progressed quickly. My sister and I have decided to split caregiving duties while awaiting my mother's official ...

Less than 24 hours after my wife passed away her mother suddenly turned on me. She flipped a switch and instantly my wife’s entire family hated me, including her aunts and uncles — all people I had ...

I'm a single man with now siblings who was always close to my parents. I lost one eight months ago and the other is terminal ...

How can I encourage my widowed mother to step out of her isolation and try to reengage with the world, without making her ...

I recall similar frustrations with my own mother, and now realize memory loss isn't a lack of love. Memory can be a tricky thing, especially when you start having problems with it. For me ...

On March 31, 2010, Amy and Ed McNicholas’ 14-year-old, music-loving son John — an “old soul” who played baseball and football — was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. When John ...

My eyes skipped past the cards and bouquets at the till. The day and its words – Mother, Mammy, Mum – were words of loss etched on a headstone. And then one day they applied to me. I lost my ...

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas shares responses from readers who offer advice for mothers grieving their child's death.

Captain Olivia Benson is ready to solve a new case— the death of her mother, Jayne Mansfield. Mariska Hargitay announced on Tuesday, April 8, that she has been working on a documentary ...

She was my closest friend ... to me like Missy would do," Colleen Newman said.The loss is heavy on Keelie Lewis. She lost her mother and sister. "No matter where they were, no matter who they ...