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Sympathy & Grief Resource Center

The loss of a loved one can be a very trying time for most. Planet Gift Baskets has included this resource center to help you or someone you know through these difficult times. We have included information on sympathy gifts, healing and comforting others.
 
Helpful tips to help someone cope with the stress of losing a loved one. This article provides easy steps and words of comfort when you don't know what to say or do.
 
This article answers many questions you may have when a person dies. Including proper funeral etiquette and properly offering your heartfelt condolences.
 
A complete guide on coping with grief, stress and all aspects of loss.
 
Sample Letter of Sympathy
Words of comfort, condolence messages, quotes and poems to assist you in expressing your sympathy.
 
An article describing the stages of grief when the loss of a child occurs.
 
Video discussing the importance of offering sympathy & comfort to someone during a bereavement period.
 
 
This article offers ways that you can offer your support and encouragement after all the visitors and well wishers have returned to their daily routines.
 
Sending a sympathy gift to express what words cannot say can be difficult for some. This guide will help you choose appropriate sympathy gifts for those in your life that have lost loved ones.
 
I found this wonderful site while browsing sympathy resources to include in this center. I was touched by these positive, funny and uplifting greeting cards for all sorts of illnesses including cancer. These greeting cards emphasize the need to stay focused on a positive attitude. Through humor, we may be able to offer comfort and sympathy to someone undergoing chemotherapy or any other type of cancer. Be sure to view these cards today.
 
This article discusses ways you can help someone grieving maintain good nutrition throughout their bereavement period.
 
Losing a parent in death can be a very traumatic experience for both adults and children. This article discusses ways to offer your sympathy and comfort.

Sample Letters and Notes


Easy Sympathy Meal Recipe To Send To The Grieving Family
This easy kabob meal recipe can be split between your family and the family that has lost a loved one in death. Taking meals to a grieving family is a good way to offer sympathy, comfort and encouragement.
 
My Forever Child - Remembrance Jewelry, Memorial Keepsakes, Sympathy and Decorative Gifts to comfort those touched by the loss of a Child. Personalized, Engraved & Handcrafted Miscarriage-Pregnancy Loss Bracelets, Baby-Infant Footprints Charms, Custom Necklace Pendants with your child's Footprint, Handprint image or photograph.
 
Sympathy gifts should reflect your heartfelt empathy for those grieving. This article discusses simple tips for condolence gifts other than flowers.
 
This article discusses simple examples you may use when writing a sympathy card.

Lending A Hand To A Caregiver
This article discusses various ways you can offer your support and encouragement to someone that is a long term caregiver of another. Caregivers are often under tremendous stress and exhaustion. Show your support by lending a hand to a caregiver.

Funeral Etiquette

This article gives basic and informative tips for attending funerals. Good advice as to what to bring, say and wear to a funeral is given.

How To Help A Widow
How do you help a woman that has recently been widowed? This article discusses various ways you can offer your support, comfort and encouragement.

Coping With A Miscarriage

This article discusses various ways to cope with a recent miscarriage. Good advice on how to grieve the loss of a baby is included.

Comforting Bible Verses To Offer Your Sympathy

Not knowing how to comfort someone who has lost a loved one is common. This article gives five Bible verses that may be used to offer comfort and support to someone that has lost a loved on in death.
 
How To Heal From The Loss Of A Family Pet
Losing a pet is a very traumatic experience. This article discusses ways to heal and how loved ones can show their support for those that are grieving the death of a pet.

How To Honor The Memory Of A Lost Loved One

This articles helps those that have lost loved one find ways to cherish, remember and pass on wonderful aspects of the deceased life.

Best Sympathy Gifts For Women
Sympathy gifts for women should come from the heart and express your utmost sympathy for their loss. This article discusses different ways to make your sympathy gifts heal the heart of a woman that is grieving.

Widowhood-How To Cope With The Loss Of Your Mate
This article discusses ways that newly widowed women can cope with the loss of their mate or spouse in death.
 
The holiday season is an trying time for the newly bereaved. This article discusses ways you can offer your sympathy to comfort and support them during this holiday season.

 
Send a scrapbook filled with keepsake photos to honor the memory of a lost loved one. This article gives tips on how to create an heirloom scrapbook.

Showing Sympathy To Grieving Grandparents
Grandparents no doubt, grieve after a death of a grandchild. They also grieve for the pain and grief that their children face when losing a child. This article discusses the importance of recognizing the grieving process of grandparents.

Helping Your Teenager Deal With Death
Help a teenager deal with the death of a close friend through sympathy and empathy. This article discusses the different needs of teenagers that are facing grief.

What Can I Do To Help A Cancer Patient?  Ideas for helping a friend or family member through a difficult time.

How To Deal With  the Loss of a Newborn 
Loss is never easy. Loss of a child is especially hard.

A Resource For Those Grieving

We have found a great resource for those dealing with a traumatic issue. Finding support and comfort from others is an essential part of healing from grief.

Should Flowers Be Used To Show Your Sympathy?
This article discussed the use of flowers to show sympathy to a bereaved family.

How To Liquidate The Estate Of A Deceased Loved One.


Grief Counseling Resources

Funeral Planning Checklist

Use this quick and easy guide to help you plan a funeral after the death of a loved one.

Sympathy Poems
This article offers two sympathy poems that can be used to comfort the bereaved. They may be used in a sympathy card or letter, or as a gift message to a sympathy gift basket or flower arrangement being sent to the bereaved family.

Simple Tips To Offering Sympathy
Offering sympathy to others can be difficult and sometimes awkward. Use these simple tips to put into action your care and concern for those grieving.

Choosing  The Perfect Sympathy Poem