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How to Support Someone Who Is Grieving During the Holidays
Reading Time: 6 minutes If you have a friend or family member who is grieving during the holidays, it’s important to offer your support in a way that is meaningful and helpful. Here are five specific ways to support someone who is grieving during the holiday season. And, if you’re…...
A Guide for Coping with Grief at the Holidays
Reading Time: 5 minutes The holidays are traditionally filled with joy and celebration, though for some, it can be a profoundly challenging period, especially if they are coping with the heavy weight of grief....
Navigating Grief Online
Reading Time: 6 minutes Social media is where we share not only our joy and accomplishments but also our grief and loss. How we mourn and remember our loved ones has evolved to encompass the online spaces we inhabit, where we routinely share pieces of our lives with others. “As…...
The First Christmas After a Loss
Reading Time: 6 minutes The first Christmas without my father-in-law was very different; it was different for my husband and his brother, two sisters, and my mother-in-law. Different for us. My father-in-law Max passed away in July 2022 at the age of 94....
Redefining How We Celebrate Special Days
Reading Time: 4 minutes When the worldwide pandemic happened in 2020, we began to see how people pivoted in order to still celebrate holidays, birthdays, and special occasions within the crushing constraints of mandatory lockdowns and mask-wearing. While much has changed in the years since, including vaccinations, boosters, and the…...
Grief & The Holidays
Reading Time: 6 minutes Losing a loved one at any time of the year is hard. Holidays like Christmas and Hannukah and the celebrations that usher in the New Year can add another layer to that grief. “Christmas music, holiday parties, and festive decorations that were meant to bring joy…...
Navigating Grief During Difficult Times
Reading Time: 4 minutes Everyone grieves differently. When the world was shaped around COVID-19, any type of loss posed a different challenge, with obstacles that were new. We searched at the time for different ways to navigate our grief rather than a “traditional” journey. Rituals, gatherings, goodbyes, and other ways…...
Ways to remember dad on Father’s Day
Reading Time: 4 minutes Father’s Day commercials are everywhere, from Hallmark cards to the latest grill. The holiday can be hard to ignore. For those whose fathers are no longer with them, Father’s Day can stir up mixed emotions, including fond memories as well as grief that he is no…...
Memories Can Be Tricky
Reading Time: 5 minutes Memory is a tricky thing. We remember things we wish we didn’t and things we want to remember we can’t. Anyone else with me? Right now, I remember vividly where I was when the world received word that JFK Jr’s plane was missing and presumed crashed.…...
Should Children Attend Funerals?
Reading Time: 9 minutes The first funeral I remember attending was for my grandmother when I was eight years old. I really didn’t understand much about funerals, especially in second grade. I remember being at the funeral home and looking at my grandmother’s memorial brochure and marveling at how close…...
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