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When someone you care about loses a loved one, it's hard to know what to say. To help you comfort a grieving colleague, friend or family member, LegacyConnect offers advice from condolence and etiq... Read More »
Tagged: experts, advice, what not to say, sympathy notes, condolence notes
By Florence Isaacs Q. My friend had a miscarriage at four months, and I don’t know what to say to her and her husband. Do you have some suggestions? A. A miscarriage is a tremendous loss to a cou... Read More »
Tagged: miscarriage, what not to say, what to say, My Deepest Sympathies, Florence Isaacs
When someone you care about loses a loved one, it's hard to know what to say and do. To help you support a grieving colleague, friend or family member, LegacyConnect offers advice from grief, condo... Read More »
Tagged: what not to say, what to say, what to do, how to help
Florence Isaacs is a freelance journalist and the author of My Deepest Sympathies: Meaningful Sentiments for Condolence Notes and Conversations, Plus a Guide to Eulogies. In her monthly column for... Read More »
Tagged: memorials, flowers, experts, funerals, memorial services
By Helen Fitzgerald, CT You have a good friend who has just experienced the death of a loved one. Perhaps you know instinctively what to do, but maybe you do not. Perhaps you have never lost a p... Read More »
Tagged: memorial service, helping the bereaved, what to say when someone dies, what not to say, how to help
By Elizabeth Harper Neeld, Ph.D. A widow remembers: Four months after Claude died, I gave my first dinner party. I worked for days preparing a wonderful menu for eight people with whom he and I ... Read More »
Tagged: Seven Choices, Tough Transitions, losing a spouse, losing a partner, understanding grief
by Florence Isaacs Q. One of my customers, someone I’ve done business with for many years, just lost his brother. I know from numerous conversations that my customer didn’t get along with his brot... Read More »
Tagged: florence isaacs, my deepest sympathies, condolence notes, condolences, what to say
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