Cindy Salfate lost her son in 2021. Then, she turned her grief into something that could help others in similar situations. When Fowlerville’s Cindy Salfate lost her son Oliver unexpectedly last year, she fell into a terrible depression. “It was the hardest thing of my life,” she said. Previously, Oliver Salfate had no health issues…
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The Darkest Night Since My Son Died
Last week marked one year since my 15-year-old son Christian died tragically and unexpectedly. The last 365+ days have been the darkest night my soul has known. St. John of the Cross detailed a dark night of the soul in his poetry as “a spiritual crisis in the journey toward union with God.” Other perspectives…
How losing a parent helped shape David Mandell’s approach to autism research
Autism’s “fearless” researcher takes on the big questions. When David Mandell’s mother became sick in 1997 from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, he left New York City and moved back to Baltimore, Maryland, to be close to his parents and start graduate school. He had grown up there before leaving for college in New York, so it felt…
‘It saved me’: How moving close to the sea helped me deal with the grief of losing my ‘inspirational’ sister
The pain of loss can be overwhelming. And Lucie Cope knows just how tough it is to lose someone close to you who you love. The pain of loss can be overwhelming. And Lucie Cope knows just how tough it is to lose someone close to you who you love. Dealing with the grief has…