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…
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…
By Karen Katafiasz Christmas and grieving don’t fit together. Christmas, as popular culture tells us, is supposed to be joyful, lively,…
Abbey Caskets, a work of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, will host a Service of the Longest Night on Saturday, December 18, 2021,…
My mother died one warm September evening nearly 20 years ago, and I remember well the first holiday season that followed—the…
by Valerie Dillon Therapists and hotlines report an increase in calls during the Christmas holidays. It is no surprise, given the…
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 …