Funerals are severely emotional events teeming with grief, meditation, and remembrance. In these moments, the words we say deliver significant weight.
Even with good intentions, some remarks can run into as insensitive, dismissive, or even offensive to those mourning a loved one. Whether you’re providing condolences to a family member, friend, or colleague, it’s important to speak with empathy and caution.
Here are four things you should never say at a funeral — and why avoiding them matters.
Many mothers carry it for decades, wrapped in everyday routines and unspoken questions. It is the realization that the child they nurtured with relentless devotion now feels…
I had been standing behind that register long enough that my body moved on autopilot, hands scanning, bagging, returning change with practiced precision. That afternoon, the woman…
Scratched glasses are a uniquely aggravating problem because they interfere with something we rely on constantly yet rarely think about until it stops working properly. Vision is…
Time, as it does, moved on. I grew up, moved out, built a life that looked stable enough from the outside. Then cancer arrived, quiet and ruthless. …
They had gone to share good news, not to say goodbye, and that detail lingered in the air of Sidrolândia like a cruel echo that refused to…
n the early days of social media, long before short-form videos and influencer culture dominated daily life, two young creatives—Jamie Perkins and Nikki Perkins—found one another in…