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Three Things the Golden Girls taught me about grief by Shelby Forsythia of Shelby Forcithia.com

It's amazing how four fictional women have impacted my life.

The Golden Girls, the show that used to be my personal escape of choice from the pain of losing

a close-knit friendship, has morphed into one of my favorite portrayals of death, divorce,

and diagnosis. The losses so many of us face across our lifetimes. I love finding grief

vignettes in there every day. So, when I celebrated the 10th episode of my podcast, I made it special

by focusing solely on the Golden Girls, a show that has not only made me laugh until I cry,

it's informed and reframed my perspective on grief. Dorothy, Rose, Blanche, and Sophia were witty,

smart, caring, and resourceful when it came to loss, sometimes cracking

jokes, sometimes sitting together over coffee or cheesecake, sometimes telling stories about the past.

Through the myriad of ways they coped with the losses they faced on the show, they taught each other,

and their viewers, three heartwarming truths about facing grief.

Number one, death is inevitable, but we don't have to do it alone.

What's interesting about the Golden Girls is that death is not a new concept for them.

Oftentimes on sitcoms, when a death happens, it's a new or shocking event for most of the characters.

Dorothy, Rose, Blanche, and Sophia were introduced already knowing death on a personal scale.

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