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Expert Blogs & Columns

Robbie Kaplan, author of How to Say It When You Don't Know What to Say, gives advice on how to comfort and support someone who is grieving. This week, what not to do.
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Ellen Gerst, author of A Practical Guide to Widow/erhood, offers advice on re-adjusting your life after loss from a "been there, done that" perspective. This week, making new traditions.
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Florence Isaacs, author of My Deepest Sympathies..., offers advice on condolence writing, funeral and mourning etiquette and more. This week, burials at national cemeteries.
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Author Melanie Cullen, author of Get It Together, offers advice on estate planning and organizing your important records. This week, what will happen to your pets and livestock should you die?
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Understanding Grief

Helping a Grieving Parent It's never easy to console someone whose spouse has died, but it can be especially challenging when the deceased is your parent, writes Helen Fitzgerald.




What 'Recovery' Will and Will Not Mean Knowing now what is necessary to resolve grief, and being armed with specific suggestions on how to achieve its resolution, you may be wondering precisely what "recovery" will and will not mean to you in your mourning, says Therese Rando.

What to Say

Speaking of the Deceased "Why do people avoid saying the name of the deceased? A friend facing the anniversary of her husband’s death was hurt that friends no longer said her husband’s name. She finally asked them why and they told her they were afraid his name would make her sad," writes Robbie Kaplan.

Florence IsaacsSending Flowers Should flowers go to the funeral home or to the bereaved’s apartment? What types of flowers are best, and what should we say on the accompanying card? Expert Florence Isaacs addresses the etiquette of sending flowers.




What to Do

Who's in Charge? No matter your life circumstances, you have plenty of responsibilities. If you become incapacitated, who will handle these responsibilities for you? And, when you die, who will wind up all that you leave behind, asks Melanie Cullen



Should I List Who Gets What in a Will? "Although it sounds smart and reasonable to make a 'Who Gets What' list regarding furniture and personal items as part of an estate plan, it could cause more problems than it solves," says author Angie Epting Morris.

Living With Loss

Am I Paranoid, or Are People Avoiding Me? The simple answer to this question is, “No, you’re not paranoid.” Even though you may feel like you’re slogging though emotional quicksand, you might have a heightened awareness of what is going on around you, say Russell Friedman and John James.

Loneliness is To Be Felt When you lose a partner or spouse, how do you cope with feeling alone? What do you do to make your alone time better? Here is how author Marta Felber copes with her loneliness since losing her husband, Joe.



 
 

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