When we or someone close to us experiences a loss, it can be a very traumatic time for everyone touched by the loss. It is important to show our loved ones support when they have experienced a loss. A simple way to do this is with a thoughtful sympathy or condolence letter. All you will need is a note card or blank piece of paper and a pen or pencil to write with. You can use a blank card or just a simple piece of paper--it's really the thought that counts. While you are dealing with a sensitive issue, writing the letter need not be hard. Follow these steps and focus your energy on supporting the people who need you. The salutation - This would be how you address the person inside the card or note. Dear..., For..., To.... Any of these is perfectly …show more content…
It can be as simple as "I am so sorry for your loss." You can simply say "I know this must be a very difficult time for you." Empathy is important because it validates the person's feelings of sadness, loss, or bereavement. If you have an appropriate memory or thought to share, be thoughtful and include it. Sharing a childhood memory or remembering a favorite memory helps the bereaved person know that their loved one will be remembered. When my grandmother passed, one of the most thoughtful notes I received included the note "I will always treasure running into Sophie at the coffee stand every Sunday. She always had a smile to share". It was a simple thought but helped me remember that my loved one was loved by more than just me. The close-"Sincerely", "love", "best wishes", something sincere and simple is always best. People are often paralyzed around sadness, especially sadness that comes from any loss. Your friend or loved one who has experienced a loss really just needs to hear that they are not alone and that they are loved. A very simple and thoughtful sympathy note can do that …show more content…
Being successful, to me, means I support myself 100% on the money I make online and have a pretty decent standard of living. For most online writers though, success is difficult to achieve. Over the years, one reason I've been able to pinpoint is so many of them spend too much time 'chatting' in online chat rooms or forums. Time that could be spent writing. A writer, by definition, writes. Too many writers think talking about writing in online forums is the same as actually doing it. It's not, and it's why they're not, and will likely never be, successful. Wasting Time on Online Forums - On every website I write for, I glance through the forums to see if there's any important news and leave a quick post if there's something I'd like to comment on. In every forum, without exception, there are 'writers' who spend most of their time online in the forums chatting. When I look at their Author Pages (called Contributor Pages on Associated Content) I notice, without exception, the ones who spend the most time talking spend the least time writing, and thus publishing. If you look at the top writers on Associated Content, for instance, the ones with millions of page views, not one of them spends much, if any time, in the website's forums. As one of them once said to me, "For the time it takes me to post 10 posts in the forums, I've written and published another article on Associated Content". Time is
“I was so so sorry, deep in my heart I was sorry, but all your “sorrys” are gone when a person dies. She was gone. Gone. That’s why you have to say all your “sorrys” and “I love yous” while a person is living, because tomorrow isn’t promised.”
This made everyday a little bit better as I have kept this in the back of my mind. The National Hospice Organization says “In a sense, you are never finished grieving”. This is true, one will always feel sadness when remembering an individual that used to be in your life and is no longer here with you. Although, you can remind yourself the good days that you had with them. Remember their smile and what they did when they seen you. Always remembering that they’re with you everyday just not there
I’m glad we have Maurice, my mother’s younger brother here today. Ella, her older sister, unfortunately couldn’t make it, but I know the news of my mothers death hit her hard. And I know that she prayed with all her will, for my mother.
Ask For Assistance: Whether you need assistance making funeral arrangements or you simply need someone to help with an errand, now is the time to rely on your network of loved ones and friends for assistance. Even if you prefer to keep yourself busy following your loved one’s passing, you can’t always
In 2008. Andrew Sullivan set out on a mission to break down the newer fad that was flooding into the Internet. That fad I am mentioning is blogging. By his definition, blogging is “ a log of thoughts and writing posted publicly on the World Wide Web”. I was astounded at the sheer depth that Mr. Sullivan goes into to expose and present every aspect that blogging has to offer. He describes it as a easily and readily accessible platform for any writer to express himself, without having to deal with publishers. I loved how he compared a blogger to a disk jockey, an individual who both writes and produces his work. It makes me wonder, could I do work such that is being described? Could a college student express himself and have many legitimate
I can’t begin to express how hard it is for me to stand here before you and give my last respects to my loving mother - name here. From the biography that was handed out you can recall that during the her early years in the united states she studied and worked in New York where she met and married my dad, the love of her life. They spent the rest of their days loyal and in love with one another. Unfortunately, one day my father passed away with cancer at a young age. My dad was the one who suffered the most, but my mom suffered right along with him. She felt powerless, and for my mom- powerlessness turned in to guilt and grief, a painful distress she lived with on a daily basis for the next six years. When he died part of her died! Life for her was never the same again. I was not able to completely understand her loss- until now…
The person needs support naturally, emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually. At this devastating time a hand up is needed, not a hand down nor criticism looking down on the individual.
I have been very fortunate to have known my maternal and paternal grandparents and great-grandparents. We enjoy a close family and always have. Sadly, my first experience with a close death was when my paternal grandma died at the age of sixty-four of colon cancer. I was in the ninth grade when she died and hers’ was the first wake and funeral I had experienced. I remember having nightmares for weeks after the funeral. As I grew older, I lost my
Have a willpower. A dedicated blogger has self-control and can avoid other things while working on his blog. It means we have to stay
Hearing of a loss can be tough. Sometimes, you immediately begin preparations to go, but at other times, you hesitate. What are the rules and should I go? Will I be out of place if I do, or will I be sorry if I don’t? Always trust your judgement.
(Funnel Rita, Koutoukidis Gabrielle, 2009) The group members were then asked to get in group of twos to identify their significant individual loss and come up with a poem or song to express how they feel about the loss. Process: During the session, the group members identified that their significant loss was a parent or grandparent. Through songs, poems and dance, they expressed how they felt about losing their loved one. Group 1 Song and dance: Grieving is troublesome and can lead you to do something gruesome, that it is harder to deal with if it’s a parent or grandparents because they love you.
Before I begin I would like to thank all of you here on behalf of my mother, my brother and myself, for your efforts large and small to be here today, to help us mark my fathers passing.
Dealing with the grief of a loved one is not an easy task. Only time can heal the pain of someone you’re used to be around is suddenly gone. When my uncle passed it was the first experience with death in which I was old enough to understand. Nobody really close to my family had passed away before, so I was unprepared with the pain and sadness that came with it. I also thought about it but I never really thought of something like this happening to me. I wish I had spent more time with my uncle, but I never thought about it because I never thought he would passing away so quickly. This is always why it is good for every day to show your family how much you love and appreciate them because you never know when their last day on earth is.
Second and more importantly, web log technologies like blogger are designed to be single-authored online journals, dynamic sites that nonetheless publish static texts written by one person. While this sort of writing has a place in writing classes (and I’ll talk about that too in my presentation), I don’t think it is a substitute for the dynamic and conversational exchange made possible by a rather “old fashioned” technology, email—specifically, a listserv-style mailing list discussion.
when a child is upset that a loved one has died, they should be comforted and be able to express