September 11, 2012
Tragedy, Death and the Need to Remember
The culture we mourners live in is not grief-friendly. Well meaning friends and family tell us they were hoping that we would be “doing better by now.” Bottom line and productivity-minded bosses give us three days bereavement leave from work when someone in our immediate family dies. Mourning employees are often expected to return to […]
August 14, 2012
When Things Don’t Add Up
Sometimes life comes at you so incredibly fast it is hard to know what the right thing is anymore. Things get messy. They just don’t add up the right way. Even when we know what, or who, the answer really is, it all gets blurred and hazy. Circumstances and fluff surrounding the issue makes it […]
July 2, 2012
Helping a Child in Grief
After the death of a loved one, mourning adult family members deal with their own emotional turmoil following the loss. Because these family members are often overwhelmed by their own grief, the children and adolescents in that family who are also grieving, may be overlooked. Bereavement counselor, educator and author Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt has […]
