Breda O'Brien
Sadness and grief symbol. Statue of grief allegory holding a plastic
flower in the Central Cemetery (Zentralfriedhof) in Vienna, Austria.
Photo: Marek Ślusarczyk. Recently, I read a book, The Grieving Body. It mingles author Mary Frances O’Connor’s own experiences of death, particularly of her parents, with extensive research on the effect of grief on the human body. She also references other types of grief, including her own diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and the loss of her first spouse…
