How to help a grieving teen
Teen years are already tumultuous years, and the bereaved teen needs special attention. Under ordinary circumstances, teenagers go through many changes in their body image, behavior, attachments and feelings. As…
How to Write Condolence Note to a Grieving Child or Teen
Writing a condolence note to an adult is challenging enough, but how about writing one to a child or a teenager? Traditionally, condolence notes have been seen as expressions of…
Helping Children Through Grief
What to Do As soon as possible after the death, set time aside to talk to your child. Give your child the facts in a simple manner — be careful…
What Not to Say to Someone in Grief
6 things NOT to say Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.- Proverbs 18:21 I have attended…
3 Lessons Grief Has Taught Me (so far)
Imagine your first day of school; the nerves, anxiety, the hugs, the tears- by children and parents… now the last, with relief from the labors of education, capped off by…
What to Say to Someone in Grief
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.- 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Though grievers may not be conversational and at times try to…
Men Grieve Too
Grief is not gender-specific, but typically how men and women are affected by and respond to grief is. There’s research that argues men tend to have greater mood swings than…
The Day Muhammad Ali Died
Mohammad Ali; “The Greatest”, “The People’s Champion”, “The Louisville Lip” died on June 3, 2016. What followed was an outpouring of love, admiration, and memorial of a giant in boxing…