Grieving Through Gadgets

An article in the June 2009 O, The Oprah Magazine illustrates one unique way of dealing with grief - the accumulation of electronic gadgets. The author describes how her and her father coped with the death of her mother by going on a gadget shopping spree. Most of the items purchased were for her funeral - a projector, a digital recorder - but others were just grief numbing playthings.

We all deal with grief in our own unique way and I loved the authors description of how bonding over gadgets helped her and her father cope with the unbearable. Read the full article on CNN.com

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