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...just as exciting as it sounds, but director Jon Amiel's main intent is to frame Darwin's authorship of one of the most important books of all time around the death of a child, Darwin's 10-year-old daughter Annie (Martha West). Between her loss and his grief, Creation is a doubleheader of misery and melancholy that serve mostly to make you look forward to the writing bits. After a bout of scarlet fever, Annie languished for weeks. She was apparently the light of Darwin's life, and the movie does not miss an opportunity to point...
...Harry Potter on thwarting He Who Shall Not Be Named. Darwin looks pained and disinterested, as if he'd like to pass on the world changing and just spend a quiet hour in the bathroom by himself (he had chronic stomach troubles). It's only after he examines his grief for Annie under a microscope that he's able to get over his writer's block. (See the 100 best movies of all time...
...time frames shift, quickly realize she's doomed. (First clue: excessive cuteness. Second clue: Other Daughter's pointing out that Daddy seems to have stopped loving all of them when Annie died.) But it's not soon. We wait in dread for the climactic scene - the grief-gasm if you will - for the rest of the movie, and it's agonizing trying to figure out if she's about to fall into a pond or catch something from one of her father's breeding pigeons. Creation is an exercise in the maudlin that would try the emotional patience of even...
Following her son's death, Cochet and her family moved from Nice to Paris in an effort to move on with their lives. She remains committed to sparing other families from the grief she still lives with. In December, she helped France's Ministry of Health organize a symposium on the choking game, bringing together 200 doctors, physicians, teachers, policemen and bereaved parents from nine different countries. Her English isn't perfect, but when it comes to explaining the risks of choking, she speaks rather eloquently...
Facebook helped my mom get through the holidays this year. She needed support from everyone who knew and loved the family members she'd lost in rapid succession. She told me that it's easier for her to open up and express her grief in a Facebook message and that many of these messages led to phone calls and even in-person meetings. Nothing will take away the sadness of losing her parents and brother, but speaking to friends and connecting with others who are grieving is helping my mom realize she isn't alone...