Living with grief can not be defined in five stages. Every time I read through those five stages, I wonder how were they created? It wasn’t with a mother who lost her five month old son tragically from a fall by his father! This happened over 43 years ago and life has stood still and moved on at the same time. Defining this stage of grief is impossible! There is no denial or anger or acceptance. Scholars want to label everyone so they feel accomplished. Sorry, not everyone has a title with a neat bow to seal it closed. Grief is one of those titles that needs to be left to the individual wearing it around their neck. It’s gonna be there forever. Let them decide when, how and if they’ll let it out. I never got to denial! Evelyn M. Gwynn, Maj USAF(ret)

I moved back to my hometown of Spencer, OK in July 2012. I had 90 to 95 of all of the issues of ‘O Magazine’ printed. I returned home to take guardianship of my aging mother. Regrettably, she pasted away recently on July 27, 2019. I put my things in storage for about a year to gradually combine our household. One of the things I had to leave in the rubbish bin at the storage was my prized collection of O Magazines. I have a small bedroom and simply had to choose between my books or the magazines. It was a tough decision. I modified my standard magazine subscription to an E-subscription to cut down on clutter. — I enjoy the magazine, it's still one of the ways I can connect to that little girl name Oprah, who asked herself what she be doing in the year 1999.

For years I received the Oprah Magazine and anything else Oprah offered like Meditation with Chepak, cookbook, a table book, etc. After 5 years( after downsizing and making many changes in my life; I signed up for Oprah Insider and I feel so happy with all the inspiring articles I have been reading and to be back with Oprah!

This was such a wonderful app before the platform change. Now, every single time since the changeover (and it has been a substantial period of time now), whenever there is an update, all my issues revert to the cloud and I have to again download EVERY SINGLE issue I have access to via my subscription. That means YEARS worth of issues, since I’ve long been a subscriber, to re-download, constantly and repeatedly. I’m also no fan of the new format, having found the one previous to the platform change, far more straightforward and accessible. Why did they have to “fix” something that was never broken and which now breaks down again and again and again? So frustrating and annoying and just a serious piece of crap.