A mother is a story with no beginning. That is what defines her. Meghan O'Rourke More Quotes by Meghan O'Rourke More Quotes From Meghan O'Rourke For sure, the funeral industry seems intensely cynical to me and I don't think it is HELPING people mourn. Meghan O'Rourke cynical people thinking Loss is so paradoxical: It is at once enormous and tiny. Meghan O'Rourke enormous tiny loss Many Americans don't mourn in public anymore - we don't wear black, we don't beat our chests and wail. Meghan O'Rourke mourn beats black My whole life, I had been taught to read and study, to seek understanding in knowledge of history, of cultures. Meghan O'Rourke taught understanding culture After all dying is one of the most profound and difficult experiences we have. Meghan O'Rourke difficult-experiences dying profound Nothing prepared me for the loss of my mother. Even knowing that she would die did not prepare me. Meghan O'Rourke knowing mother loss There is always tension in women's gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros. Meghan O'Rourke athleticism gymnastics grace We have an idea - a very modern idea - that dying is undignified. But I think this is because we have the illusion that we can control our bodies and our fates. Meghan O'Rourke fate ideas thinking There is no single way of grieving. But research suggests that there are some broad similarities among grievers. Meghan O'Rourke research grieving way
