Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan, Second Edition

This text is dedicated to:

Ryan Patrick McCoyd and Ian Walter McCoyd, my sons who have navigated

losses resiliently and who fill my life with meaning and joy.

—Judie McCoyd

The family of Carolyn Walter: Bruce Bryen, Carolyn’s husband, who has
supported her in all of her efforts to complete this second edition, Kim Remley,

Brian Walter and her grandchildren, Matthew, Connor, and Hazel, who have

brought her incredible joy during midlife and now older adulthood.

—Carolyn Walter