What People Talk About Before They Die
When the love is imperfect, or a family is destructive, something else can be learned: forgiveness. The spiritual work of being human is learning how to love and how to forgive.
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Grief, and a stranger’s words
After a loss, comes the day to day numbness. The funeral is over. The flowers have died. The calls are getting fewer. I look at the empty gift baskets and pile of stuff lying on the side that came in them. Books! I have no desire to read. To ‘fix’ how I feel. I know …
Cheese – PERLEASE!
Cheese – PELEASE! Did I ever tell you that Cheese is the reason I started Healing Baskets? I still remember the day when searching for a special sympathy gift I was encouraged to send a basket of cheese. Someone somewhere thought that a basket full of cheddar and crackers would be just what was needed …
Thoughts on Sympathy Gifts from Healing Baskets
It’s hard to know what to do when someone’s grieving. No matter how universal the feelings of loss may be, we know that we can never really know how someone is feeling. Sympathy gifts and sympathy baskets are tokens of love.