The Grief Brief

How It Was Supposed To Go, Part 2

The Part of the Story I Still Struggle to Tell

Nov 14 • 

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How it was Supposed to go

Part 1

Nov 7 • 

Sara Brooks

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October 2025

The Fear of Forgetting

When remembering becomes something we live, not something we do

Oct 29 • 

Sara Brooks

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Nina Banks

When Diane Keaton died, it felt like losing my dad all over again.

Oct 13 • 

Sara Brooks

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September 2025

The Weight Of What We Don't Say

A Guide to Circling Death Without Naming It

Sep 27 • 

Sara Brooks

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It All Just Sucks.

The futility of ranking what can’t be measured.

Sep 3 • 

Sara Brooks

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1

August 2025

ARTIFACTS

When stuff stops behaving like stuff.

Aug 26 • 

Sara Brooks

12

2

Let's Magic Johnson This Shit

When their survival consumes you

Aug 15 • 

Sara Brooks

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When the Eras Tour Became My New Reference for Time

The concert that split my life into BC and AD.

Aug 12 • 

Sara Brooks

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Congratulations, You Survived the Worst Year of Your Life

The shock of surviving what felt unsurvivable

Aug 4 • 

Sara Brooks

12

1

July 2025

What Do You Call a Grown Kid With a Dead Parent?

Spoiler alert: there’s no word for it. But there’s a whole new role waiting anyway.

Jul 27 • 

Sara Brooks

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5

So, my dad died.

How a Google Doc, a grief spiral, and ChatGPT led me here.

Jul 22 • 

Sara Brooks

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