40 Total Blog Posts
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August 19, 2025The loss of a loved one is an incredibly challenging and emotional experience. Building emotional resilience can help you manage grief effectively and support others during difficult times.
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July 28, 2025Losing a loved one is emotionally taxing, and the anxiety surrounding funeral attendance can add significantly to your distress. Funeral anxiety — feelings of nervousness, unease, or fear related to attending a funeral — is entirely normal. This guide aims to help you understand, recognize, and manage funeral anxiety compassionately and effectively.
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October 9, 2024Societies have long turned to artists to help process grief communally. When people must come to terms with catastrophic and large-scale tragedies like wars, famine, genocide, or other horrors, we turn to artists to create statues or other works of art that help us remember and reflect upon those collective losses.
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October 2, 2024The death of a loved one is overwhelming, and most of us don’t know what to do when someone dies. One of the most difficult tasks can be sorting through the belongings of your lost loved one. Getting rid of their things can be painful because it feels like you are throwing away your memories together and removing the traces of their life. Their things feel like more than just “stuff.”
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July 29, 2024Supporting a grieving friend can be daunting. We worry that we may not do or say the right thing. Every gesture seems inadequate given the huge loss our friend faces. We may be dealing with our own feelings about the loss, which makes it even more challenging to know how to express our sympathy.
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July 1, 2024We all deal with grief in our own way. After the death of a loved one, you may feel overwhelmed and wonder if your experience is normal. There is no one true way to experience grief. We all have different coping methods, relationships with the deceased, faith or belief systems, and life experiences.
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June 27, 2024Death is hard to talk about, and explaining death to children is even harder. We may be struggling to process the death ourselves. It can be challenging to find the strength for this difficult conversation when we are not feeling our best. Taking the time to deliver the news of a loved one’s death to… View Article
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June 7, 2024If you aren’t sure about the type of wake you would like to hold, be sure to contact the team at The Gardens to discuss your options and get a better idea of what might work best for you and your family.
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April 22, 2024Grief is a natural response to death, but it can be incredibly difficult and confusing to navigate. While there’s no one “right” way to grieve, there are ways that those left behind can help ease their sorrows and make the best of a difficult situation.
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April 8, 2024After a formal funeral, there may be something called a repass — a time for family members and friends to gather, eat, drink, and mingle in a less formal environment. A repass, also known as a repast to some, can be a major relief to the immediate family and closest loved ones who have been through a difficult day.
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April 2, 2024Losing a loved one can be one of the most difficult experiences a person goes through. Grief is a natural response to loss, but it’s not always easy to know how to be happy again. Here are a few tips on finding happiness again after a loss.
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December 5, 2023After a loss, people are often inundated with calls and visitors, so taking the time to put your words to paper can give them some emotional space and time before taking a look. It’s not necessary to deliver it to the receiver at the funeral home or cemetery.
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