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Blog: fathers

Welcome to Talking Matters, a blog featuring updates, stories, and interviews from The Conversation Project. Check back each week for a new post!

Times to Have “The Conversation”
By Karen Purze, 10/06/2022

My father had cancer but didn’t want to talk about his health. Or his health care. Or his health care wishes. None of it. He wanted to know how his grandsons were doing. And how…

A child's hand resting on a father's hand
A Father’s Day Gift
By Micki Jackson, 06/12/2019

“As the years passed, he eased into a place of comfort knowing that our daughters would absorb the loss, or at least not be destroyed by it, when his death came, because in our family we didn’t avoid “the conversation.”

Giving Thanks for My Father’s Death
By Rev. Rosemary Lloyd, 11/22/2016

This Thursday, there will be an empty chair at the table for our family Thanksgiving gathering. My brothers and I made plans months ago to come from the many corners of our busy lives to…