Remembering our dead

Remembering our dead

The Day of the Dead festival is the starting point for the movie Coco from Pixar Animation Studios & Walt Disney displayed by the end of 2017. In Mexico, all families pay tribute to their dead every November 1st. They decorate an altar with flowers and place there...
How to help the mourner

How to help the mourner

Instead of waiting a call for help from the person who just lost a loved one we should take the first step. Obviously, we must respect the mourning period but without staying away from the mourners because they could start feeling abandoned, nostalgic or to experience...
Resignation or acceptance of death

Resignation or acceptance of death

Both are part of the mourning. At first the relatives can feel helpless because of the decease of a loved one, feel angry because they have left them alone. At that moment people feel that they cannot change the situation, that it is irremediable, and that they have...
It is normal to feel helpless because of death

It is normal to feel helpless because of death

The loss of a loved one is something that sooner or later we will have to face. It is a painful circumstance that can trigger many feelings such as sadness, pain, anger, helplessness, disbelief, guilt, fear. There are even cases in which relatives feel that they have...
Family support is fundamental

Family support is fundamental

The death of a loved one is a hard moment when you require a word of encouragement, a sincere hug, unconditional help with no questions or rcomplaints. The presence of the family is essential to go on when a person faces the death of a loved one. It can be the father,...