Paying Tribute

Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) Celebrations

October 25, 2011

Dear Caring Carol, In my Spanish-American culture, we celebrate Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) on November 2nd as a way of remembering those that we have lost that were dear to us. It is not unusual to party on their grave sites and at cemeteries, feast on food and even organize large [...]

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Remembering 9/11 With Those That Have Suffered a Loss

September 6, 2011

Dear Caring Carol, With the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy coming up, I was wondering how to express my sympathy to people who have lost loved ones? While I personally didn’t suffer a loss, some of my friends had either friends or family that worked in the World Trade Center that were lost on [...]

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Italians Mourn with Ossa de Mortu

June 14, 2011

Dear Caring Carol, I recently visited a friend of mine whose father had passed away. Her father was born and raised in Italy and he came here as a young man. I brought an offering of food and sympathy greetings the night before the wake and in the midst of her grief she was making [...]

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Sharing Memories of Loved Ones

April 26, 2011

Dear Caring Carol, I’d like to share with you something that impressed me. My son and his family are good friends with another family they met after moving to their new town a few years ago. The husband in that family lost his father rather unexpectedly, the father being the type of active golden-ager everyone [...]

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Looking For A Way to Express My Deep Grief

April 5, 2011

Dear Caring Carol, My English teacher from my junior year of high school recently passed away. I cannot begin to express the tremendous influence she had on my life. What I studied in college, the career I chose as an adult, all of this came from my time spent with her. I will be attending [...]

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