From the Desk of Dr. Melanie

As the anniversary of my son's death approaches, I think about another version of myself — the woman who, in the rawness of those first weeks, was expected to return to work after loss and simply carry on. My family and I had just moved to a new city. I was months into a new role at a new company — still learning colleagues’ names, still finding my footing. And then I lost my 15-year-old son. My world stopped. My inbox did not. The expectation communicated to me was that I wo