Wednesday, July 25, 2012

9 Ways To Help Someone Who Is Grieving

 Grieving takes time. The healing can happen gradually. You can help someone through the process by giving them support, but you cannot make it go away. There is no right or wrong length of time, some people grieve and go through the stages quite quickly and revisit them over the years, some people linger over the stages.  
We have have come with a few simple ways to support those who are grieving.

• Help create routines
• Talk about past memories
• Focus on the positive and not what if’s
• Pray with and for the person who is hurting
• Encourage them to get involved with a church group
• As a friend remember hard days or moments of time (anniversaries, birthdays)
• Remind your friend of loved one that it is okay to smile and laugh
• Suggest writing a letter to the loved one, or keeping a journal
• Don’t be afraid to have a good time or to laugh 

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Top 10 Sympathy Gifts of 2012

Sending a sympathy gift can often be difficult. Not having the right words, or finding a gift that is meaningful enough can be hard. It's true what they say, there are no words. Sometimes its that sentiment that brings the most comfort to those that are grieving. Just knowing that someone else doesn't have the words either to grieve with you. It's the depth of that statement that rings so true for those in the middle of the heavy grief that comes with the loss of a loved one.

Sending a sympathy gift that is tastefully done, filled with simple treats, comforting poems or books and memorial jewelery or candles can often times be the perfect sentiment. Words do escape us when we or someone we love is experiencing grief. Send a sympathy gift basket that will bring comfort to those who are hurting.