Death is a family affair. Because its members often constitute the first circle of the deceased, because they are the ones who organize the funeral since the dawn of time. However, coping with death as a family remains difficult because each person’s grief is unique and intimate, often silent. At least that’s the observation made […]
Tag: mourning
“You have to be very gentle with people in mourning”
After telling in Two small steps on the wet sand and A particular day the illness that killed her two daughters, the author is releasing a new book devoted to consolation (1). The cross : How can we console? What was it that consoled you yourself? Anne-Dauphine Julliand: Basically, it suffices to agree to approach […]
Too late to ask the question
They sometimes called her “Little Grandma”. A pretty name, full of sweetness and affection to designate their great-grandmother, their grandmother – hey, we will have to explain the word to them… Two years, soon, have passed since her death. It was the first time that some of our grandchildren had faced death – or at […]