For doctors, it's a personal choice whether they want to send a sympathy letter to the bereaved family of a patient who has died. And doctors say it should stay that way, according to a new study from ...

Not long ago, Amy Cunningham, a funeral director for Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, convened about twenty strangers in a third-floor room at the Sixty-seventh Street library in Manhattan, for a ...

Knowing what to write in a sympathy card, or what to say during life's most tragic and hard times, can be difficult. As Southerners, we know mailing a card with a sympathy message, sending flowers ...

Q: My friend’s dog died. She’d had the dog for 15 years and is really sad. Is it silly to send a condolence letter? I feel that I should do something, but I am not sure what. A: By all means, do ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was taught by my mother and grandmother, who practiced what they preached, that condolence letters are to be acknowledged. Their practice was to answer every condolence letter ...

While we are often at a loss for words when talking to someone who has lost a loved one, writing a sympathy note can be equally challenging. However, there are some basic guidelines that we can follow ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was taught by my mother and grandmother, who practiced what they preached, that condolence letters are to be acknowledged. Their practice was to answer every condolence letter ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was taught by my mother and grandmother, who practiced what they preached, that condolence letters are to be acknowledged. Their practice was to answer every condolence letter ...