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How to offer condolence…what I learned from watching my father

Photo by Susan Tweit
From witnessing my father at ceremonies surrounding death, I’ve learned a new approach to being at these events.
He is completely natural. He visits. He chats. He may even make a joke. He tells stories. These are transmissions of comfort through the transmission of culture.
I have never heard him utter any of [...]