While you and I prepare for the holiday season just a few days away, many of our friends and loved ones live in dread of the special days ahead when families gather and they will be reminded of their grief and their loss.  In their homes there will be an empty chair at the dinner […]

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 […]

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 […]