Practical Guidance in a Difficult Time When someone close to you passes away, it’s natural to feel a range of emotions, from shock and sadness to uncertainty. Alongside these feelings, there are also practical matters that need attention. This...

Sonja Smith recently sat down with Christine Ferreira from Met Hart en Siel on Radio Pulpit, discussing a few aspects of saying goodbye to loved ones when they pass away. One of these aspects discussed was about helping children through the loss...

“Nothing that grieves us can be called little; by the external laws of proportion a child’s loss of a doll and a king’s loss of a crown are events of the same size.” – Mark Twain Most of us probably think of grief as...

In an elegy titled ‘In Memoriam’ Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote the line, “’Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” It might be hard to agree with that statement in the month of February, though. The world...

When someone you love passes away, it can feel like the world has come to a standstill. Yet, despite the initial shock and the need to make arrangements for the funeral, you somehow manage to get through it. Even though it may seem impossible for...

Instead of saying, “I know what it feels like”, let’s say “I cannot imagine your heartbreak”. Instead of saying, “You’re strong, you’ll get through this”, let’s say “You’ll hurt...