Marie Eaton April 19, 2017 LIVES – Lawless Friendship In this story from the New York Times, Mary Cantwell describes her deep grief after a close friend dies, and reflects how the sorrow at the death of a friend is often unrecognized by our cultural norms. Topics: Story Categories: Personal Responses to Death and Dying, Grief, Coping with Grief, Complicated or disenfranchised grief, Goodbyes