About Modern Loss
Welcome to Modern Loss
Let’s face it: Most of us can’t handle talking about death. We’re awkward and uncertain; we blurt out platitudes or say nothing at all; we send sympathy bouquets whittled out of fruit. We can do better.
Modern Loss has been trying to do better since 2013, when “grief” was still considered a four-letter word. We’ve worked to eradicate the stigma surrounding the long arc of loss and to focus on the resilience that each of us has the capacity to grow. This project grew out of two friends’ (Rebecca Soffer and Gabrielle Birkner, hello there!