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When A Child Has A Terminal Illness: Reflections on a short, full life, part two
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Our Weekly Tip: Carry Big Memories in a Tiny Stone
Carry your loved one with you in your pocket
Our Tip of the Week: When we experience a feeling of loss, it can be like part of ourselves has gone missing. When someone who has had a big impact on your life dies, it can seem as if his … Continue reading
Who is Left to Pay?
In some cultures, lavish funerals take families to the brink of bankruptcy
In Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment, an impoverished widow spends her last rubles on her husband’s funeral and ends up destitute with her three children. The bitter satire of that chapter can still ring as true today as it did in … Continue reading
