Grief in Different Cultures
The loss of a loved one can feel like a devastatingly personal experience. While this is true in many ways, it can be helpful to remember that grief and mourning are universal experiences. The human race has been around ...
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Jazz Funerals Both Mourn and Celebrate Departed Loved Ones
One commonality between human civilizations throughout history is the development of customs to remember and respect deceased family, friends and community members. Spiritual and cultural beliefs dictate how people bury ...
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The Irish Wake: A Blend of Mourning and Celebration
Like many traditions in Irish culture, the wake is a combination of pre-Christian customs and Christian rituals. While it sprang from original traditions of keeping watch over the dead, variations of the practice are sti ...
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Saying Goodbye
The death of a loved one has a way of confounding and crippling even the strongest of individuals. It is never easy to lose someone close to you, and this means that you are going to go through a lot of emotions before y ...
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Don’t Want a Traditional Burial? Consider Cremation or Resomation
The combination of traditional Christian-derived funerary practice and the rise of both undertaking and embalming during the Civil War have resulted in most people having funerals with their embalmed bodies in caskets, f ...
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Questions to Ask Your Funeral Director
Losing someone close to you is one of the hardest things you may ever have to endure. Knowing that you are never going to see the person again in this lifetime can leave you with many negative emotions. It doesn't matter ...
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A Memorial Service for Miscarriage
Miscarriage, still birth, and infant loss seem to be a bit of a taboo subject. It's hard to think of the right words to say to a grieving mother and father who just lost their child, no matter at what point they lost the ...
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When Your Parent Dies
Whether it's something you saw coming or something unexpected, death is a hard thing to deal with. It's so final, and you probably weren't ready to say goodbye. Losing a parent can be especially difficult. Your parent ha ...
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Alternatives to a Funeral
When someone dies, it seems to be expected that a funeral will follow soon after. However, there are some times when a family does not want to have a funeral. Maybe it is because you do not have enough money to pay for a ...
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Helping Children Cope With Death
Dealing with death is hard for everybody. It's difficult knowing someone is gone forever, whether or not you think you will see him or her again in the afterlife. This process can be even more challenging for children. T ...
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