Getting Through the Holidays when you’ve lost a loved one
by Darcie D. Sims The holidays are coming and I’m not sure I’m ready. I’m not sure I’ll ever be ready…
How Christmas Memories Can Bring Healing to Your Grief
By Karen Katafiasz Christmas and grieving don’t fit together. Christmas, as popular culture tells us, is supposed to be joyful, lively,…
Service of the Longest Night set for December 18
Abbey Caskets, a work of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, will host a Service of the Longest Night on Saturday, December 18, 2021,…
Finding Ways to Celebrate Special Days After Loss
My mother died one warm September evening nearly 20 years ago, and I remember well the first holiday season that followed—the…
Grieving at Christmas: A Family Guide
by Valerie Dillon Therapists and hotlines report an increase in calls during the Christmas holidays. It is no surprise, given the…
Ten Ways to Honor a Deceased Loved One at Christmas
by Kass Dotterweich
The first Christmas after my father died was extremely difficult; the second was a little better. The third was just a few weeks away when I received a shoebox-shaped package from my sister. When I called her to say the package had …