Tag: grief

• Etymology of “goodbye”

  

  Emily has sent in her response to the latest prompt of saying goodbye. Saying goodbye always provokes a mix of feelings. There are those which come easy, promising a quick getaway, and those which linger. Heavy, reluctant, making you wish you didn’t have to go at all. So I looked it up. It turns out…

  Robert Hiraeth

  4th August 2026

  Prompts

  blessed be, blessings, circle of life, culture, dailyprompt, druidry, etymology, farewell, folklore, goodbye, grief, language, nature, paganism, personal essay, prompt, reflection, ritual, sky burial, spirituality, Tibetan Buddhism, word origins, writing prompt

• To those thinking of giving up

  I spent Christmas day watching a marathon of Anthony Bourdain specials. An imperfect, broken hero of mine. He took his own life and the world is poorer for it. I don’t judge him for his final action, any more than I would judge any one person for any one action in the vast tapestry of…

  Robert Hiraeth

  26th December 2025

  Essays & Reflections

  Anthony Bourdain, community, compassion, connection, depression, don’t give up, encouragement, existentialism, grief, healing, hope, keep going, life is worth living, loneliness, meaning, mental health, perspective, reaching out, solidarity, suicide prevention, support, tapestry of life, universal experience, you are not alone