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How to talk about death with children
Adults normally hesitate about talking with their children about death. They do not realize children are in contact with this subject in many ways every day. They see death in the news, in video games, in short stories and tales. Children and adolescents do not ignore...
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
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...
Gratitude, a way to honor our deceased
Gratitude is more than a few words during the funeral, a poem to pay tribute or a floral arrangement for those who have passed away –elements which are equally important–. Gratitude is shown through respect towards the person, the teachings and values that he...
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
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...