When a member of your community passes away, it’s a difficult but important time to be present. Judaism is one of the many faith traditions that has rituals designed to bring people together as support for mourners who need time to grieve.
The hits just keep coming, don’t they?By the time we’re young adults, usually most of us have gotten the message that life isn’t smooth or easy. It’s a virtual mine field.
It is my considered opinion, based on conversations with hundreds of widows, that the world isn't very kind to us, when we need kindness more than any other time. I've talked about the "shunning" to unwidowed friends, and they look at me like I have two heads, but it's real.
Holidays don't have to suck It has taken me a about few years to get this, but I finally do. For me, it was about not being with my family. I moved my entire life to Florida to begin a new life with Pete. We made our own traditions, and I also continued some of his.