A Widow’s Guide To Grieving

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Audio

Careers, Sexuality, Business, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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"My therapist told me that it was okay to be mad at him for dying, whether or not it's rational. Because nothing about this is logical or makes sense." Looking for more Death, Sex & Money conversations about grief and loss? Check out our playlist here. Follow our show on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @deathsexmoney. Got a story to share? Email us any time at deathsexmoney@wnyc.org. And support our work at deathsexmoney.org/donate. And stay in touch with us! Sign up for our newsletter and we'll keep you up to date about what's happening behind the scenes at Death, Sex & Money. Plus, we'll send you audio recommendations, letters from our inbox and a note from Anna. Join the Death, Sex & Money community and subscribe today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I mean, I was mad at God.
0:02.0	I was mad at his heredity.
0:04.0	I was mad at what I think the night before he died.
0:07.0	We went and had Greek.
0:09.0	So there was probably a lot of like, you know,
0:12.0	Taziki happening.
0:13.0	I was mad at everything and everybody.
0:15.0	It felt so much better just to say,
0:17.0	I am angry about this.
0:18.0	I'm not just sad about it.
0:20.0	I'm pissed.
0:25.0	This is Death, Sex, and Money.
0:28.0	The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot
0:32.0	and need to talk about more.
0:35.0	I'm Anna Sao.
0:45.0	The Christmas after Leslie Gray Streeters has been died.
0:48.0	She bought herself a ring.
0:50.0	A ruby that's surrounded by diamonds
0:54.0	and it's a ring that I bought.
0:56.0	Technically, I bought physically,
0:58.0	but Scott really bought it with our insurance money.
1:01.0	And this was like the last gift he was going to give me.
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