There is no guide or playbook when it comes to what to do when a loved one goes missing. Families of missing persons describe feeling scared, desperate, helpless, and uncertain about what to do when ...

Have you ever felt nostalgic for someone who broke your heart? Missing someone who hurt you can seem contradictory, even embarrassing. We ask ourselves: how is it possible to long for someone who ...

When you think of a missing person, what do you picture? An abduction, a murder, a bushwalking misadventure—or perhaps someone with dementia who has wandered off and gotten lost? Our assumptions about ...

DEAR BONNIE: This time of the year is so hard. Missing someone in Heaven has me in so much pain. I do not feel like celebrating Christmas or even putting up a tree. I do not know how others deal with ...

Time apart has a way of smoothing over rough edges. It puts us on our best behavior, realigns our emotions, and reignites the spark we felt when we first met—before the disagreements, before the ...

"Have you seen my childhood?" In his 1992 song "Homesick," David Pirner of Soul Asylum expressed a longing for a past he hadn’t known: “Oh, I am so homesick. But it ain’t that bad, 'cause I'm homesick ...

Someone is missing at Christmas. and his name is Heath. Let this be a loving reminder that someone is missing today, someone our hearts still hold on to. As we travel along life's ...

Sarah Wayland received funding from the University of New England internal grants scheme in 2023 for two discrete projects related to this project. Our assumptions about missing people can be ...