[Editor's note: do you know someone who is grieving the loss of a pet? In this excerpt from our book The Compassionate Congregation, we meet Loretta, whose sister offered caring words, even though she didn't fully understand Loretta's grief.] Lucky was a very special...
It's okay to cry. It's okay not to cry. Just like adults, each child is unique and copes with grief in her or his own unique way. Children may go through some of the same stages of grief as adults - shock, denial, depression, anger, fear, bargaining and acceptance....
How can you go about helping those who grieve? Megan Devine, grief advocate and author of, It's OK That You're Not OK says that many people are uncomfortable with bereavement. “Grief is a natural response to death and loss — it’s not an illness to be cured or a...