Harwell, 80, never saw a man cry while growing up in the '50s, so he inevitably viewed the act as a sign of “weakness.” Little would Harwell know that, decades later, an overwhelmingly simple website ...

The phrase “a good cry” dates back to at least the mid-1800s while the phrase “cry it out” dates as far back as the mid-1600s. Both phrases suggest in our lay language that crying can relieve some ...

This is truly a cultural attitude, not a truth. Crying is an individual response to a physiological, emotional, or spiritual state of being and is neither a sign of weakness nor strength. Crying for ...

After Michael Harwell’s wife died of brain cancer two years ago, he learned to embrace the grieving process by relishing 56 years worth of memories from his marriage, and sharing them with friends.