Today we’re going to take a look at grief – it is in the public eye on a daily basis if you watch the news.  We see grieving spouses and families as the news reporters cover the war, report murders and mayhem, report on accidents and on the passing of national figures or celebrities. We see it daily and, yet most people don’t want to talk about it. Death is often relegated to those other things you never discuss like religion and politics. Three things that affect us the most and we don’t talk about them or about our feelings regarding them. [Read more...]

By Lou LaGrand

When I was young I was taught that crying was not good. After all, the message was that if you cry too much, “you’re going to get sick.” Crying, especially in public, definitely was bad news. In short, crying, even when grieving, was considered to be a sign of weakness. If you were going to cry, then do so in private.

Through the years this and many other natural ways of showing emotion have been stifled by many of the celebrities who always assume a stoic pose when appearing on camera. (I always remember the death of President Kennedy and the way Jackie showed little emotion during the funeral and on TV.) [Read more...]