The New Orleans funeral reminds us that grief is a burden that can be shared
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The New Orleans funeral reminds us that grief is a burden that can be shared
Today, most of us lack the direct experience of being witness to a meaningful and family-centered dying process. We have outsourced the washing, dressing, and burial of the body of our beloved. Furthermore, just as grief is too often viewed as an illness to overcome, death, too, is seen as something to “fight.”