Unfortunately, many people are likely to have occasion in the days and weeks ahead to write a letter of condolence to a friend, relative, colleague or acquaintance who has suffered the death of a ...

While we are often at a loss for words when talking to someone who has lost a loved one, writing a sympathy note can be equally challenging. However, there are some basic guidelines that we can follow ...

For doctors, it's a personal choice whether they want to send a sympathy letter to the bereaved family of a patient who has died. And doctors say it should stay that way, according to a new study from ...

The loss of a loved one can be a difficult time full of loss, grief, and other bummer vibes. But it can be equally difficult for those around you — all those people that exist in the liminal zone ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was taught by my mother and grandmother, who practiced what they preached, that condolence letters are to be acknowledged. Their practice was to answer every condolence letter ...

Not long ago, Amy Cunningham, a funeral director for Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, convened about twenty strangers in a third-floor room at the Sixty-seventh Street library in Manhattan, for a ...