Supporting Others Through Loss
Anatomy of a Condolence Text
Helpful facts: My older sister, Alison, died unexpectedly on August 9, 2017. On the morning of August 10th, I sent...
Anatomy of a Condolence Text
Helpful facts: My older sister, Alison, died unexpectedly on August 9, 2017. On the morning of August 10th, I sent...
Death Anniversaries: How To Be Supportive
Some folks like to use the term deathiversary, or angelversary. Neither of those works for me, but I can understand...
Death Anniversaries: How To Be Supportive
Some folks like to use the term deathiversary, or angelversary. Neither of those works for me, but I can understand...
Failure to Communicate
The miscommunication of grief is kind of like this hug between my nephew and my daughter. Good, heartfelt intentions, but...
Failure to Communicate
The miscommunication of grief is kind of like this hug between my nephew and my daughter. Good, heartfelt intentions, but...
Resources to offer the recently bereaved or dia...
When someone is recently diagnosed or bereaved, people in their lives can become frantic to help them "solve" their problem. This...
Resources to offer the recently bereaved or dia...
When someone is recently diagnosed or bereaved, people in their lives can become frantic to help them "solve" their problem. This...
Stop asking, “how are you?”
"How are you?" feels loaded. I get the impression that people really want me to be ok, and to admit that...
Stop asking, “how are you?”
"How are you?" feels loaded. I get the impression that people really want me to be ok, and to admit that...
Sympathy by Proxy
When it comes to couples and immediate families, there’s usually one person who gets designated the role “Public Representative for...
Sympathy by Proxy
When it comes to couples and immediate families, there’s usually one person who gets designated the role “Public Representative for...
