Category Archives: festive season

Including departed online friends in festive customs.

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

Hello all, I hope you all had a bearable Christmas, as hard as it may have been knowing that you would have received an email or something from somebody you knew within the online community. (Trust me, I know…) I … Continue reading →

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A grief-related New Year’s resolution.

Posted on January 1, 2011 by

Hello, friends. As I write this, it is the first day of the New Year. I feel that 2011 is going to be a good year. (After three and a half years of acute grief, it’s definitely time for a … Continue reading →

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Strange and empty

Posted on December 29, 2010 by

Is this even logically possible? The other side of Christmas, and I’ve had a really good week…again ‘good’ here means I haven’t really thought about Chris at all in a positive, or negative way. (Is that good? I never considered … Continue reading →

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Cybergrief and the festive season

Posted on December 17, 2010 by

Ceremony and ritual are used to mark and grieve any other loss- why should it be any different for us? I urge you to create some form of ritual whereby you can remember the person you lost, and honour them at this time of year, or throughout the year if you so wish. Continue reading →

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