How To Get Through The Holidays Without Your Child
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How To Get Through The Holidays Without Your Child
David Kessler (Director of Palliative Care, Citrus Valley Health Partners and Hospice) gives expert video advice on: How do we get through the holidays without our child?
How do we get through the holidays without our child?
When parents have a child, one of the many things that they look forward to is holidays with their children, so the idea that you have lost a child and are now faced with going through the holidays can be deeply overwhelming. If you have other children, it's important that you continue the holidays for their sake. Include the loss of your child and talk about the loss of your child, and yet for your other children go on with it. If there are no other children, you or your husband or your wife may just need to take some time without the ritual of the holiday. If you are enormously sad, don't feel the pressure to cheer up for the holidays. No one expects you to have a happy holiday after the loss of a child.